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1982 • 22,508 citations

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1960 • 1,647 citations

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1975 • 797 citations

THE THEORETICAL POPULATION GENETICS OF VARIABLE SELECTION AND MIGRATION

1976 • 751 citations

The Mathematical Theory of Quantitative Genetics.

1981 • 713 citations

Heritable genetic variation via mutation-selection balance: Lerch's zeta meets the abdominal bristle

1984 • 610 citations

SELECTION FOR DELAYED SENESCENCE IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1984 • 562 citations

Quantitative genetics and fitness: lessons from Drosophila

1987 • 491 citations

The Evolution of Life History Parameters in Teleosts

1984 • 463 citations

Antagonistic pleiotropy, dominance, and genetic variation

1982 • 402 citations

GENETICS OF LIFE HISTORY IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. I. SIB ANALYSIS OF ADULT FEMALES

1981 • 370 citations

GENETIC COVARIATION AMONG LIFE-HISTORY COMPONENTS: THE EFFECT OF NOVEL ENVIRONMENTS

1985 • 360 citations

BODY SIZE, ITS HERITABILITY AND INFLUENCE ON JUVENILE SURVIVAL AMONG GREAT TITS, PARUS MAJOR

1981 • 347 citations

Genetic Bases of Fish Selection

1981 • 313 citations

Marine organisms—Genetics, ecology and evolution

1979 • 294 citations

Behavioral Variation in Natural Populations. I. Phenotypic, Genetic and Environmental Correlations Between Chemoreceptive Responses to Prey in the Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans

1981 • 278 citations

On Being the Right Size

1981 • 268 citations

Artificial selection for short and long attack latencies in wildMus musculus domesticus

1981 • 266 citations

The Role of Dispersal in the Great Tit (Parus major): The Causes, Consequences and Heritability of Natal Dispersal

1979 • 266 citations

Evolution and Genetics of Life Histories

1982 • 245 citations

Quantitative Genetics in Natural Plant Populations: A Review of the Theory

1986 • 229 citations

Alternative Male Strategies: Genetic Differences in Crickets

1981 • 229 citations

Estimates of phenotypic and genetic parameters for carcass traits in Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

1984 • 204 citations

HERITABILITY OF SEX RATIO IN TURTLES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SEX DETERMINATION

1982 • 195 citations

Heritability of Ecologically Important Traits in the Great Tit

2002 • 193 citations

Genetic variation in the timing of reproduction in the Great Tit

1981 • 187 citations

THE HERITABILITY OF EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY IN DARWIN'S GROUND FINCHES (GEOSPIZA) ON ISLA DAPHNE MAJOR, GALÁPAGOS

1983 • 175 citations

Predicting Body Size with Life History Models

1986 • 175 citations

Heritability of external morphology in Darwin's finches

1978 • 167 citations

Genetic Covariation in Drosophila Life History: Untangling the Data

1984 • 147 citations

A review of quantitative genetics in fish breeding

1983 • 137 citations

Inheritance of numbers of lateral plates and gill rakers in Gasterosteus aculeatus

1973 • 135 citations

Selection experiments with salmon

1978 • 134 citations

TWO-WAY SELECTION FOR GROWTH RATE IN THE COMMON CARP (CYPRINUS CARPIO L.)

1976 • 132 citations

Evidence of Adaptive Polygenic Variation Between Two Populations of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Native to Tributaries of the S. W. Miramichi River, N.B.

1981 • 125 citations

THE GENETIC BASIS OF DIFFERENCES IN LIFE‐HISTORY TRAITS AMONG SIX POPULATIONS OF MOSQUITOFISH ( GAMBUSIA AFFINIS ) THAT SHARED ANCESTORS IN 1905

1983 • 118 citations

Selection experiments with salmon

1978 • 116 citations

Role of Heredity in Egg Size Variation in the Great Tit Parus major and the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

1979 • 115 citations

Growth response of Tilapia zillii fingerlings fed isocaloric diets with variable protein levels

1979 • 112 citations

THE LIMITS TO LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION IN DAPHNIA

1984 • 112 citations

The genetic basis of wing dimorphism in the sand cricket, Gryllus firmus and its relevance to the evolution of wing dimorphisms in insects

1986 • 111 citations

The Inheritance of Clutch Size in the Great Tit (Parus major L.)

1974 • 109 citations

HERITABILITY OF SOME MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS IN A SONG SPARROW POPULATION

1979 • 106 citations

Genetic variation in food conversion efficiency and growth in rainbow trout

1983 • 105 citations

Genetics of Reproduction in Domesticated Rainbow Trout

1975 • 105 citations

Genetic and Environmental Sources of Variation in Length and Weight of Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri)

1972 • 102 citations

MEASURING THE COST OF REPRODUCTION. I. THE CORRELATION STRUCTURE OF THE LIFE TABLE OF A PLANKTON ROTIFER

1984 • 102 citations

Review Lecture Disruptive selection

1972 • 101 citations

MORPHOMETRIC ADAPTATION OF THE HOUSEFLY, MUSCA DOMESTICA L., IN THE UNITED STATES

1977 • 100 citations

Selection experiments with salmon

1974 • 98 citations

Genetic variation in egg dimensions in natural populations of the Great Tit

1981 • 93 citations

VARIATION IN BODY SIZE AND FLIGHT PERFORMANCE IN MILKWEED BUGS ( ONCOPELTUS )

1980 • 93 citations

BREEDING SYNCHRONY IN THE LESSER SNOW GOOSE (ANSER CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS)

1982 • 92 citations

The Nature of Genetic Variance Influencing Photoperiodic Diapause in a Migrant Insect, Oncopeltus fasciatus

1977 • 90 citations

EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION OF HERITABLE MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN A NATURAL POPULATION OF SONG SPARROWS

1980 • 88 citations

Induction of polyploidy in salmonids by cytochalasin B

1977 • 88 citations

Genetics of larvae and spat growth rate in the oyster Crassostrea virginica

1977 • 87 citations

Response to selection and realized heritability for body weight in three strains of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, grown in earthen ponds

1983 • 83 citations

Heritabilities and correlations for several characters in the honey bee

1984 • 80 citations

HERITABILITY OF BLUE TIT TARSUS LENGTH FROM NORMAL AND CROSS-FOSTERED BROODS

1982 • 77 citations

MEASURING THE COST OF REPRODUCTION. II. THE CORRELATION STRUCTURE OF THE LIFE TABLES OF FIVE FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATES

1984 • 75 citations

Hand usage in a colony of bonnett monkeys,Macaca radiata

1981 • 72 citations

TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON LIFE HISTORY VARIATION INDROSOPHILA SIMULANS

1983 • 72 citations

A genetics analysis of the performance of three rainbow trout broodstocks

1978 • 71 citations

Response to bidirectional selection for body weight in channel catfish

1983 • 70 citations

Three Generations of Selection for Growth Rate in Fall-Spawning Rainbow Trout

1977 • 69 citations

A genetic analysis of egg, alevin and fry mortality in salmon (Salmo salar), sea trout (Salmo trutta) and rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)

1976 • 69 citations

INHERITANCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND PRODUCTION PARAMETERS IN THE MARINE COPEPODEURYTEMORA HERDMANI

1976 • 65 citations

Heritability of Tolerance for Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis in Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

1978 • 63 citations

Predicted Response to Selection for Early Growth in Tilapia nilotica

1980 • 59 citations

The feasibility of measuring the heritability of growth pattern variation in juvenile freshwater prawns, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man)

1984 • 58 citations

Conditioning and genetic variation as causes of individual variation in the oviposition behaviour of the tortoise beetle, Deloyala guttata

1983 • 57 citations

Genetic Variation in a Heterogeneous Environment VII. Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity in Infinite Populations

1979 • 55 citations

A genetic analysis of body weight and length in rainbow trout reared in seawater for 18 months

1981 • 53 citations

Patterns of growth in Darwin’s finches

1981 • 53 citations

HERITABILITY OF DIAPAUSE INTENSITY IN HYPHANTRIA CUNEA AND CORRELATED FITNESS RESPONSES

1970 • 52 citations

QUANTITATIVE GENETIC ANALYSIS OF TEMPERATURE REGULATION INMUS MUSCULUS. II. DIALLEL ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL TRAITS

1984 • 52 citations

Heritability of Flight Duration in the Milkweed Bug Lygaeus kalmii

1969 • 50 citations

Inheritance of size and shape in a population of Darwin’s finches, Geospiza conirostris

1983 • 50 citations

Genetic and environmental sources of variation in body weight and length of rainbow trout fingerlings

1980 • 49 citations

Selection for agonistic behavior in wild femaleMus musculus

1976 • 49 citations

Heritability of Worker Characters in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

1983 • 49 citations

Genetic studies of growth in domesticated rainbow trout

1978 • 48 citations

UNUSUAL GENETIC VARIATION IN BODY SIZE, DEVELOPMENT TIMES, OIL STORAGE, AND SURVIVORSHIP IN THE MARINE COPEPODPSEUDOCALANUS

1978 • 48 citations

Selection experiments with salmon. II. Proportion of Atlantic salmon smoltifying at 1 year of age

1977 • 48 citations

THE NATURE OF VARIATION IN LIFE HISTORY CHARACTERS OF DYSDERCUS BIMACULATUS (HETEROPTERA: PYRRHOCORIDAE), A COLONIZING SPECIES

1980 • 48 citations

ENVIRONMENTAL AND GENETICAL CORRELATES OF DISRUPTIVE COLORATION IN THE WATER SNAKE,NATRIX S. SIPEDON

1976 • 47 citations

Genetic Correlation Structure of Life History Variables in Outbred, Wild Drosophila melanogaster: Effects of Photoperiod Regimen

1986 • 46 citations

HERITABILITIES AND CORRELATIONS OF THE HONEY BEE : RESPONSE TO NOSEMA APIS, LONGEVITY, AND ALARM RESPONSE TO ISOPENTYL ACETATE

1983 • 45 citations

GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS OF CLUTCH SIZE VARIANCE IN A WILD POPULATION OF LESSER SNOW GEESE (ANSER CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS )

1983 • 44 citations

Artificial selection and gene flow in wild starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

1982 • 43 citations

INHERITANCE OF SHELL SIZE IN THE SNAILARIANTA ARBUSTORUM

1965 • 40 citations

Some Observations on the Heritability and Genetic Correlation Between Honey Production and Brood Area in the Honeybee

1967 • 40 citations

Inheritance of shell size in Partula

1968 • 40 citations

Postmetamorphic growth, survival, and age at first reproduction of the salamander, hynobius nebulosus tokyoensis Tago in relation to a consideration on the optimal timing of first reproduction

1982 • 38 citations

Choosing between darkness and light: The ecological genetics of photic behaviour in the planktonic larva of Spirorbis borealis

1974 • 37 citations

Heritability of Body Size Traits, Dressing Weight and Lipid Content in Channel Catfish

1978 • 36 citations

Genetic variance for growth in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)

1979 • 36 citations

Population Crosses and the Genetic Structure of Milkweed Bug Life Histories

1982 • 36 citations

Genotype × temperature interactions for growth of rainbow trout

1984 • 35 citations

SELECTION, PREDICTION AND RESPONSE

1968 • 35 citations

Continuous and Discontinuous Variations and Their Inheritance in Peromyscus

1918 • 34 citations

Heritability of spot-number in scillonian strains of the meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina)

1969 • 33 citations

SELECTION FOR TIME OF PUPATION IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM

1970 • 32 citations

RAPID COMMUNICATION HERITABILITY FOR SIZE IN THE MEGACHILID BEE OSMIA LIGNARIA PROPINQUA CRESSON

1984 • 32 citations

Heritability of dorsal spines in the fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus)

1983 • 31 citations

VARIATION IN HIGHLY AND LOWLY HERITABLE MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS AMONG SOCIAL GROUPS OF RHESUS MACAQUES ( MACACA MULATTA ) ON CAYO SANTIAGO

1981 • 28 citations

Genetic and phenotypic variation in production traits in rainbow trout strains and strain crosses in Finland

1983 • 28 citations

Development of a short-term laboratory system for the evaluation of carp growth in ponds.

1980 • 27 citations

An estimate of the heritability of honeybee pupal weight

1984 • 25 citations

Behavioural variation in natural populations. IV. mendelian models and heritability of a feeding response in the garter snake, Thamnophis elegans

1983 • 25 citations

COMPARATIVE MORPHOMETRIC ADAPTATION OF THE HOUSEFLY AND THE FACE FLY IN THE UNITED STATES

1978 • 25 citations

HERITABILITY OF GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN TRUNK SEGMENTATION IN THE RED-BACKED SALAMANDER, PLETHODON CINEREUS

1960 • 24 citations

Experiments with selective breeding of Atlantic salmon

1975 • 24 citations

The breeding biology of the Manx shearwater

1977 • 24 citations

DIRECTIONAL versus STABILIZING SELECTION FOR DEVELOPMENTAL TIME IN NATURAL AND LABORATORY POPULATIONS OF FLOUR BEETLES

1975 • 24 citations

Influence of the genotype and the environment on growth and survival of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) in central Canadian aquaculture lakes

1975 • 23 citations

An initial description of the quantitative genetics of growth and reproduction in the mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis

1983 • 22 citations

Predicting Selection Response for Growth of Channel Catfish

1976 • 22 citations

DISRUPTIVE SELECTION AND ASSORTATIVE MATING INTRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM

1981 • 22 citations

An attempt to estimate the magnitude of additive genetic variation of body size in the guppy-fish, Lebistes reticulatus

2009 • 21 citations

Selection for agonistic behavior in wild female mice

1980 • 21 citations

Directional and stabilizing selection for developmental time and correlated response in reproductive fitness in Tribolium castaneum

1982 • 20 citations

Geographic and Genetic Variation in Time Required for Emergence of Diapausing Heliothis zea1,2,3,4

1976 • 18 citations

Variation in growth rate and age at sexual maturity in Atlantic salmon

1976 • 18 citations

Smoltification in the Net-Pen Culture of Coho Salmon: Quantitative Genetic Analysis

1984 • 17 citations

A dynamic study of genotype-environment interaction with egg laying of Tribolium castaneum

1976 • 17 citations

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF ERRORS OF HERITABILITY ESTIMATES IN INDEX SELECTION

1979 • 17 citations

Distribution and heritability of the red raylets in Heliconius erato phyllis (Lepid.; Nymph.)

1983 • 16 citations

Using the triple test cross to investigate the genetics of behavior in wild populations. II. Escape-avoidance conditioning inRattus norvegicus

1983 • 16 citations

Replicated selection for 21-day pupa weight of Tribolium castaneum

1970 • 15 citations

Models for Physiological and Genetic Adaptation to Variable Environments

1982 • 15 citations

The genetics of aggression in the juvenile American lobster, Homarus americanus

1983 • 14 citations

Application of electrophoretic genetic markers to fish breeding

1981 • 14 citations

Two-way selection for body weight in the guppy-fish, Lebistes reticulatus

2009 • 12 citations

The early growth of artificially reared American lobsters

1981 • 8 citations

Four generations of selection for high 56-day weight in the mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

1983 • 7 citations

Heritability of Dorsal Spot Number and Snout-Vent Length in Rana pipiens

1968 • 6 citations

Selection for shuttle avoidance in wildMus musculus

1978 • 6 citations

Artificial selection for 18-day pupa weight and opposing simulated naturel selection in Tribolium castaneum

1980 • 5 citations

Heritability of adult weight in the tsetse flyGlossina morsitans morsitans Westw. (Diptera: Glossinidae)

1976 • 5 citations

Some consequences of selection for fast and slow recovery from the larval alarm reaction in Aedes aegypti

1979 • 4 citations

Growth rate and mortality of crosses between strains of Atlantic Salmon

1982 • 4 citations

[Evaluation of the heritability of aldolase and actinomycin activity and heat resistance in the common frog].

1982 • 1 citations