Alleles versus mutations: Understanding the evolution of genetic architecture requires a molecular perspective on allelic origins

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3025-3038

  Remington, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Allelic effects; Complex traits; GWAS; QTL; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; MUTATION; RESEARCH METHOD; SELECTION;

ALLELE; EVOLUTION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION;

ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MUTATION;

EID: 84955191981     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12775     Document Type: Article

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