The evolution of quantitative traits in complex environments

Heredity

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-12

  Anderson, J T ^a,c   Wagner, M R ^b   Rushworth, C A ^b   Prasad, K V S K ^b,c   Mitchell Olds, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agents of selection; Conservation genetics; Mating system; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative trait loci; Targets of selection

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH FORM; HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESEARCH;

BOECHERA; BRASSICACEAE;

BRASSICACEAE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

BRASSICACEAE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84890312090     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2013.33     Document Type: Review

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