An ecologist’s guide to the animal model
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva · University of Edinburgh · +2 more institutions
Abstract
1. Efforts to understand the links between evolutionary and ecological dynamics hinge on our ability to measure and understand how genes influence phenotypes, fitness and population dynamics. Quantitative genetics provides a range of theoretical and empirical tools with which to achieve this when the relatedness between individuals within a population is known. 2. A number of recent studies have used a type of mixed-effects model, known as the animal model, to estimate the genetic component of phenotypic variation using data collected in the field. Here, we provide a practical guide for ecologists interested in exploring the potential to apply this quantitative genetic method in their research. 3. We begin by…
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8Topics & keywords
- Quantitative genetics
- Variety (cybernetics)
- Data science
- Population
- Field (mathematics)
- Genetic model
- Population genetics
- Ecological genetics