Quantitative genetics of behavioural reaction norms: Genetic correlations between personality and behavioural plasticity vary across stickleback populations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 485-496

  Dingemanse, N J ^a,b   Barber, I ^c,d   Wright, J ^e   Brommer, J E ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive population differentiation; Genetic variation in plasticity; Genotype by environment interaction; Heritability; Phenotypic gambit; Predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COEXISTENCE; CORRELATION; FINFISH; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; LAKE; OBSERVATION; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMEGMAMORPHA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LAKES; OBSERVATION; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMEGMAMORPHA; VIDEO RECORDING; WALES;

EID: 84857059136     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02439.x     Document Type: Article

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