Concepts

When a genotype produces different phenotypes under differing environmental conditions

An evolutionary process in which a population evolves to become more suited to its local environment through natural selection, resulting in higher fitness in the home environment compared to individu...

The process by which traits influence fitness, measured through directional and quadratic selection differentials relating trait values to reproductive success

A process by which adaptive evolutionary change occurs sufficiently rapidly to counteract a decline in population size under initially unfavorable conditions

The study of traits controlled by multiple loci with continuous phenotypic distributions and measurable heritability

When single genes or alleles influence multiple, seemingly unrelated traits

Selection pressure from non-biological environmental factors such as rain or wind