Selection gradients, the opportunity for selection, and the coefficient of determination

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-300

  Moorad, Jacob A ^a   Wade, Michael J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bateman gradients; Directional selection; Fitness; Sexual selection; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FITNESS; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84874622098     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669158     Document Type: Article

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