Evolutionary rescue and the limits of adaptation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1610, 2013, Pages

  Bell, Graham ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of selection; Deteriorating environment; Evolutionary rescue; Extreme value; Genostasis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

EID: 84871857008     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0080     Document Type: Review

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