Heterozygosity-fitness correlations: A time for reappraisal

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1202-1217

  Szulkin, Marta ^a   Bierne, Nicolas ^b,c   David, Patrice ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Fitness; Inbreeding; Population genetics; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CORRELATION; DISEQUILIBRIUM; FITNESS; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HETEROZYGOTE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE;

EID: 77953818476     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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