The distribution of genetic variance across phenotypic space and the response to selection

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2056-2072

  Blows, Mark W ^a   McGuigan, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

G matrix; genetic variance; random matrix theory; selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84928559512     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13023     Document Type: Article

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