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Developmental interactions and the constituents of quantitative variation.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Feb 2001
Wolf J B, Frankino W A, Agrawal A F, Brodie E D, Moore A J
Abstract excerpt
Development is the process by which genotypes are transformed into phenotypes. Consequently, development determines the relationship between allelic and phenotypic variation in a population and, therefore, the patterns of quantitative genetic variation and covariation of traits. Understanding the developmental basis of quantitative traits may lead to insights into the origin and evolution of quantitative genetic...
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