Which evolutionary processes influence natural genetic variation for phenotypic traits? Export

@article{MitchellOlds2007a, abstract = {Although many studies provide examples of evolutionary processes such as adaptive evolution, balancing selection, deleterious variation and genetic drift, the relative importance of these selective and stochastic processes for phenotypic variation within and among populations is unclear. Theoretical and empirical studies from humans as well as natural animal and plant populations have made progress in examining the role of these evolutionary forces within species. Tentative generalizations about evolutionary processes across species are beginning to emerge, as well as contrasting patterns that characterize different groups of organisms. Furthermore, recent technical advances now allow the combination of ecological measurements of selection in natural environments with population genetic analysis of cloned QTLs, promising advances in identifying the evolutionary processes that influence natural genetic variation.}, author = {Mitchell-Olds, Thomas and Willis, John H. and Goldstein, David B.}, citeulike-article-id = {1784539}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2207}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2207}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17943192}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17943192}, doi = {10.1038/nrg2207}, journal = {Nat Rev Genet}, keywords = {demography, drift, phenotype, qtl, selection}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {845--856}, posted-at = {2007-10-18 13:57:00}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Which evolutionary processes influence natural genetic variation for phenotypic traits?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2207}, volume = {8}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - MitchellOlds2007a L3 - citeulike-article-id:1784539 N2 - Although many studies provide examples of evolutionary processes such as adaptive evolution, balancing selection, deleterious variation and genetic drift, the relative importance of these selective and stochastic processes for phenotypic variation within and among populations is unclear. Theoretical and empirical studies from humans as well as natural animal and plant populations have made progress in examining the role of these evolutionary forces within species. Tentative generalizations about evolutionary processes across species are beginning to emerge, as well as contrasting patterns that characterize different groups of organisms. Furthermore, recent technical advances now allow the combination of ecological measurements of selection in natural environments with population genetic analysis of cloned QTLs, promising advances in identifying the evolutionary processes that influence natural genetic variation. IS - 11 JF - Nat Rev Genet EP - 856 TI - Which evolutionary processes influence natural genetic variation for phenotypic traits? PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 8 SP - 845 KW - demography KW - drift KW - phenotype KW - qtl KW - selection AU - Mitchell-Olds, Thomas AU - Willis, John AU - Goldstein, David PY - 2007/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2207 ER -