driftsel: An R package for detecting signals of natural selection in quantitative traits

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 746-754

  Karhunen, M ^a   Merila J ^a   Leinonen, T ^a   Cano, J M ^b   Ovaskainen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

G matrix; Natural selection; Neutrality test; Random genetic drift

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION, GENETIC; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84879418134     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12111     Document Type: Article

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