The measurement theory of fitness

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1358-1376

  Wagner, Günter P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradley Terry Luce condition; Competition tests; Epistasis; Fitness; Genotype by environment interaction; Genotype by genotype interaction; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EPISTASIS; FITNESS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GROWTH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC EPISTASIS; EPISTASIS;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

WRIGHTIA;

EID: 77953796420     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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