Article

Artificial selection: a powerful tool for ecologists

2003-07-01

Abstract excerpt

Artificial selection has been practiced by humans since the dawn of agriculture, but only recently have evolutionary ecologists turned to this tool to understand nature. To perform artificial selection, the phenotypic trait of interest is measured on a population, and the individuals with the most extreme phenotypic values are bred to produce the next generation. The change in the mean of the selected trait across...

Topics

Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.

Identifiers and source

Literature Corpus work: b05e7866-6ed4-5015-a6d4-8ac4b9468f31
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1650:asaptf]2.0.co;2

Open publication

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Artificial selection: a powerful tool for ecologistsDOI 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1650:asaptf]2.0.co;2Read

Can the experimental evolution programme help us elucidate the genetic basis of adaptation in nature?Semantic proximity Read

Strong artificial selection in the wild results in predicted small evolutionary change.Semantic proximity Read

Monitoring adaptive genetic responses to environmental change.Semantic proximity Read

The ecological causes of evolution.Semantic proximity Read

Epistasis-Induced Evolutionary Plateaus in Selection Responses.Semantic proximity Read

The Effects of Quantitative Trait Architecture on Detection Power in Short-Term Artificial Selection Experiments.Semantic proximity Read

Limits to natural selection.Semantic proximity Read

A wake-up call for studies of natural selection?Semantic proximity Read

The White-Knight Hypothesis, or Does the Environment Limit Innovations?Semantic proximity Read

Can artificially selected phenotypes influence a component of field fitness? Thermal selection and fly performance under thermal extremes.Semantic proximity Read

Genetic Consequences of Biologically Altered Environments.Semantic proximity Read

Phenotypic selection in natural populations: what have we learned in 40 years?Semantic proximity Read