Natural selection and the heritability of fitness components

1987/10/01 by Timothy A Mousseau, Timothy A. Mousseau, Derek A Roff +1 · 47 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/hdy.1987.113

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