Grain of environment explains variation in the strength of genotype × environment interaction

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1897-1901

  Rodríguez, Rafael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Genotype environment interaction; Maintenance of variation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REACTION NORM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; LINEAR MODELS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865183948     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02565.x     Document Type: Article

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