Deviation from the line of least resistance does not exclude genetic constraints: A comment on Berner et al. (2010)

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1821-1822

  Hansen, Thomas F ^a   Voje, Kjetil L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Evolvability; Genetic constraint; Genetic line of least resistance; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; TELEOST;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 79958030649     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01281.x     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Hansen, T. F., and D. Houle. 2008. Measuring and comparing evolvability and constraint in multivariate characters. J. Evol. Biol. 21:1201-1219.
3. Schluter, D. 1996. Adaptive radiation along genetic lines of least resistance. Evolution 50:1766-1774.