Quantitative Genetics of Development: Genetic Correlations Among Age-Specific Trait Values and the Evolution of Ontogeny

1 September 1983

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Evolution

Vol. 37 (5) , 895
https://doi.org/10.2307/2408405

Abstract

Genetic correlations among age-specific weights and tail lengths in a laboratory population of rats are presented in order to investigate variable gene action i...

Keywords

EVOLUTION
RATS
TAIL
ONTOGENY
GENETIC CORRELATIONS
GENETICS OF DEVELOPMENT
CORRELATIONS AMONG AGE
QUANTITATIVE
SPECIFIC TRAIT