Joint phenotypes, evolutionary conflict and the fundamental theorem of natural selection.

Abstract excerpt

Multiple organisms can sometimes affect a common phenotype. For example, the portion of a leaf eaten by an insect is a joint phenotype of the plant and insect and the amount of food obtained by an offspring can be a joint trait with its mother. Here, I describe the evolution of joint phenotypes in quantitative genetic terms. A joint phenotype for multiple species evolves as the sum of additive genetic variances...

Topics

• Biological Evolution
• Genetic Fitness
• Models, Genetic
• Phenotype
• Selection, Genetic
• Species Specificity