Commentary: When does understanding phenotypic evolution require identification of the underlying genes?

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1655-1664

  Rausher, Mark D ^a   Delph, Lynda F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolutionary processes; Gene identification; Mendelian traits; Phenotype; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84937725324     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12687     Document Type: Note

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