Environmental robustness and the adaptability of populations

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1598-1612

  Stewart, Alexander J ^a,b   Parsons, Todd L ^a   Plotkin, Joshua B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Mutations; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NOISE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860174650     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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