Evolutionary genetics in wild primates: Combining genetic approaches with field studies of natural populations

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 353-362

  Tung, Jenny ^a,c   Alberts, Susan C ^a,b   Wray, Gregory A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATES;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77955086298     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2010.05.005     Document Type: Review

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