Across-environment genetic correlations and the frequency of selective environments shape the evolutionary dynamics of growth rate in impatiens capensis

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2887-2903

  Stinchcombe, John R ^a,b   Izem, Rima ^c   Heschel, M Shane ^d   McGoey, Brechann V ^a   Schmitt, Johanna ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Department of Chemistry   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; RECOMBINATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SELECTION; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMPATIENS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; IMPATIENS; LIGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

IMPATIENS CAPENSIS;

EID: 78649248353     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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