Heritability of individual fitness in female macaques

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-669

  Blomquist, Gregory E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Individual ; Lifespan; Lifetime reproductive success; Primate; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77953872966     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9323-3     Document Type: Article

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