Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5430
Title: Defining fitness in natural and domesticated populations
Contributor(s): Barker, J Stuart F  (author)orcid 
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
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter

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