Natural selection. VI. Partitioning the information in fitness and characters by path analysis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-471

  Frank, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information theory; Kin selection; Mathematical models; Path analysis; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATH ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SYMBIONT;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; INHERITANCE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873684781     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12066     Document Type: Article

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