Size as a line of least resistance II: Direct selection on size or correlated response due to constraints

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1470-1488

  Marroig, Gabriel ^a   Cheverud, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolutionary processes; Morphological evolution; Platyrrhini; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIMATE; SKULL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PLATYRRHINI;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; PLATYRRHINI; SELECTION, GENETIC; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

PLATYRRHINI;

EID: 77953757659     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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