Article
Statistical genetics of an annual plant, Impatiens capensis. II. Natural selection.
Genetics - 1 Feb 1990
Mitchell-Olds T, Bergelson J
Abstract excerpt
Measurement of natural selection on correlated characters provides valuable information on fitness surfaces, patterns of directional, stabilizing, or disruptive selection, mechanisms of fitness variation operating in nature, and possible spatial variation in selective pressures. We examined effects of seed weight, germination date, plant size, early growth, and late growth on individual fitness. Path analysis...
Topics
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Phenotype
- Plant Development
- Plants
- Regression Analysis
- Selection, Genetic