Limits to behavioral evolution: The quantitative genetics of a complex trait under directional selection

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3102-3119

  Careau, Vincent ^a,b   Wolak, Matthew E ^a   Carter, Patrick A ^c   Garland, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Bulmer effect; Experimental evolution; Heritability; Selection limit; Voluntary exercise

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EVOLUTION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; LITTER SIZE; NATURAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BULMER EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION LIMIT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VOLUNTARY EXERCISE;

ANIMAL MODEL; BULMER EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION; HERITABILITY; SELECTION LIMIT; VOLUNTARY EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84886247296     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12200     Document Type: Article

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