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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5430| Title: | Defining fitness in natural and domesticated populations | Contributor(s): | Barker, J Stuart F (author) |
Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5430 | Abstract: | The term 'fitness' has been applied differently and with different definitions throughout the history of population genetics. Five concepts and definitions are presented - distinguishing (phenotypic) fitness, (genotypic) fitness, adaptedness, adaptability and durability. While the heritabilities of fitness components are low, substantial genetic change is achievable, and breeding programs should include in the breeding objectives genotypic fitness (for known QTLs) and fitness traits such as fertility and longevity, as well as production traits. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Adaptation and Fitness in Animal Populations, p. 3-14 | Publisher: | Springer | Place of Publication: | Dordrecht, Netherlands | ISBN: | 9781402090042 1402090048 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/book/978-1-4020-9004-2 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3863587 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=n4v4pmRIhkAC&lpg=PP6&pg=PA3 |
Editor: | Editor(s): Julius van der Werf, Hans-Ulrich Graser, Richard Frankham and Cedric Gondro |
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| Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter |
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