The role of standing variation in geographic convergent adaptation

American Naturalist

Volumn 186, Issue , 2015, Pages S5-S23

  Ralph, Peter L ^a   Coop, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Convergent evolution; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD); Kolmogorov Johnson Mehl Avrami tessellation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DIVERGENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MUTATION; PLEIOTROPY;

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MUTATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84943792806     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: 15375323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/682948     Document Type: Article

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