Dissertation Research: Genetic Covariances in Thamnophis    Populations
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The proposed research is designed to determine whether                     genetic correlations between morphology and behavior reflect the                sorces of selection in natural populations.  Several populations                of the Northwest Garter Snake, Thamnophis ordinoides, will be                   examined for genetic correlations between color pattern and                     antipredator behavior.  Field studies of selection will then be                 conducted using mark-recapture and field enclosure techniques to                determine whether particular combinations of color pattern and                  behavior have relative survival advantages.                                          The existence of genetic correlations between morphology and               behavior means that the traits in question undergo non-                         independent evolution.  An empirical demonstration of selection                 for a combination of traits will emphasize the need for                         multivariate approaches to selection.  If genetic correlations                  between morphology and behavior reflect such selection, it will                 represent the first empirical evidence that selection acts to                   maintain genetic correlations in natural populations.
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{'Code': '1127', 'Text': 'Evolutionary Processes'}
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