Article
Evolutionary rates for multivariate traits: the role of selection and genetic variation.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 Aug 2014
Pitchers William, Wolf Jason B, Tregenza Tom, Hunt John, Dworkin Ian
Abstract excerpt
A fundamental question in evolutionary biology is the relative importance of selection and genetic architecture in determining evolutionary rates. Adaptive evolution can be described by the multivariate breeders' equation (Δz(-)=Gβ), which predicts evolutionary change for a suite of phenotypic traits (Δz(-)) as a product of directional selection acting on them (β) and the genetic variance-covariance matrix for...
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Models, Biological
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic
- Species Specificity