The infinitesimal model: Definition, derivation, and implications

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2017, Pages 50-73

  Barton, N H ^a   Etheridge, A M ^b   Veber A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Infinitesimal model; Quantitative genetics; Selection

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; HABITAT SELECTION; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NOISE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIPLOIDY; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MUTATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIPLOIDY; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; WILLS;

EID: 85026667888     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2017.06.001     Document Type: Article

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