Pleiotropy, apparent stabilizing selection and uncovering fitness optima

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-29

  McGuigan, Katrina ^a   Rowe, Locke ^b   Blows, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLEIOTROPY; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEIOTROPY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78650305706     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.10.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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