Rapid independent trait evolution despite a strong pleiotropic genetic correlation

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-441

  Conner, Jeffrey K ^a   Karoly, Keith ^b   Stewart, Christy ^a,d   Koelling, Vanessa A ^b,e   Sahli, Heather F ^a,f   Shaw, Frank H ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Evolutionary constraint; Genetic correlation; Radish; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; CORRELATION; DICOTYLEDON; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; RAPHANUS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; MODELS, GENETIC; NEW YORK; RAPHANUS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

BRASSICACEAE; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 80053291560     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661907     Document Type: Article

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