Linking genetic mechanisms of heterozygosity-fitness correlations to footprints of selection at single loci

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Mueller, Jakob C ^a   Hermisson, Joachim ^b   Olano Marin, Juanita ^a   Hansson, Bengt ^c   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allelic dominance; Balancing selection; Fluctuating selection; Microevolution; Partial selective sweep; Recessiveness

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; NATURAL SELECTION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 78650523085     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9377-2     Document Type: Article

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