Selection and the maintenance of quantitative genetic variation for fitness-related traits in mountain sheep.
Informations
- Funding country
United Kingdom- Acronym
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- URL
- -
- Start date
- 10/1/2001
- End date
- 9/30/2003
- Budget
- 60,821 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Investigators | Grant | - | - | - |
Organisations
| Name | Role | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sheffield | Lead Partner | - | - |
Abstract
Selection is expected to erode additive genetic variation for traits associated with fitness; however, fitness related traits are frequently observed to have abundant genetic variation. How is this variation maintained in nature? I plan to test the predic