Heritability and genetic correlations of personality traits in a wild population of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1840-1848

  Petelle, M B ^a,b,e   Martin, J G A ^c   Blumstein, D T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Kalahari Meerkat Project   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndromes; Heritability; Personality; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MARMOTA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOTA;

EID: 84943658221     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12700     Document Type: Article

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