The effects of stochastic and episodic movement of the optimum on the evolution of the G-matrix and the response of the trait mean to selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2210-2231

  Jones, A G ^a   Burger R ^b   Arnold, S J ^c   Hohenlohe, P A ^d   Uyeda, J C ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancement effect; Evolution in changing environments; Genetic drift; Heritability; Moving optimum; Pleiotropy; Selection gradient

Indexed keywords

EPISODIC EVENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC DRIFT; HERITABILITY; MOVEMENT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLEIOTROPY; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84868191034     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02598.x     Document Type: Article

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