A test for the genetic basis of natural selection: An individual-based longitudinal study in a stream-dwelling fish

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1037-1047

  Morrissey, Michael B ^a,b   Ferguson, Moira M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness; Genetic covariance; Robertson Price identity; Selection response

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MATURATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CANADA; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; RIVER; TROUT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RIVERS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TROUT;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 79953311121     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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