Quantitative genetics approaches to study evolutionary processes in ecotoxicology; a perspective from research on the evolution of resistance

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 513-523

  Klerks, Paul L ^a   Xie, Lingtian ^b   Levinton, Jeffrey S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Contaminant resistance; Evolution of resistance; Quantitative genetics; Review

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COBALT; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CROSS TOLERANCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERITABILITY; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS; POISONING; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79955798219     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0640-2     Document Type: Review

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