From beavis to beak color: A simulation study to examine how much QTL mapping can reveal about the genetic architecture of quantitative traits

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1251-1262

  Slate, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary genomics; Genetic variation; Life history evolution; Population genetics; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; MAPPING; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION GENETICS; SIMULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINCH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BEAK; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINCHES; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84876844893     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12060     Document Type: Article

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