Natural selection. I. Variable environments and uncertain returns on investment

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2299-2309

  Frank, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Mathematical theory; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION; FITNESS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REVIEW;

ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80053943955     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02378.x     Document Type: Review

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