Article
Quantitative genetics of response to competitors in Nemophila menziesii: a field experiment.
Genetics - 1 Jan 1995
Shaw R G, Platenkamp G A, Shaw F H, Podolsky R H
Abstract excerpt
Recent investigations of evolution in heterogeneous environments have begun to accommodate genetic and environmental complexity typical of natural populations. Theoretical studies demonstrate that evolution of polygenic characters depends heavily on the genetic interdependence of the expression of traits in the different environments in which selection occurs, but information concerning this issue is scarce. We...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Biological Evolution
- Crosses, Genetic
- Ecosystem
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Extrachromosomal Inheritance
- Genetic Variation
- Plant Development
- Plants
- Population Density
- Selection, Genetic