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Alastair J. Wilson
Researcher at University of Exeter
Publications - 241
Citations - 11253
Alastair J. Wilson is an academic researcher from University of Exeter. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Heritability. The author has an hindex of 53, co-authored 228 publications receiving 9970 citations. Previous affiliations of Alastair J. Wilson include Florida State University & University of Edinburgh.
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An ecologist's guide to the animal model
Alastair J. Wilson,Denis Réale,Michelle N. Clements,Michael M. Morrissey,Erik Postma,Craig A. Walling,Loeske E. B. Kruuk,Daniel H. Nussey +7 more
TL;DR: A practical guide for ecologists interested in exploring the potential to apply this quantitative genetic method in their research, by outlining key concepts in quantitative genetics and how an animal model estimates relevant quantitative genetic parameters, such as heritabilities or genetic correlations.
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The evolutionary ecology of individual phenotypic plasticity in wild populations.
TL;DR: An analytical framework is outlined, utilizing the reaction norm concept and random regression statistical models, to assess the between‐individual variation in life history plasticity that may underlie population level responses to the environment at both phenotypic and genetic levels.
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What is individual quality? An evolutionary perspective.
TL;DR: Here the various ways in which the concept of quality is currently applied are considered, and it is shown that subtle differences in intended meaning have very important consequences when the goal is to draw evolutionary inferences.
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The misuse of BLUP in ecology and evolution.
TL;DR: Analytically and through simulation and example why BLUP often gives anticonservative and biased estimates of evolutionary and ecological parameters is shown and how unbiased and powerful tests can be derived that adequately quantify uncertainty are shown.
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New Answers for Old Questions: The Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics of Wild Animal Populations
TL;DR: The potential for quantitative genetic analyses in wild populations to address fundamental evolutionary questions about the maintenance of genetic diversity and to reveal hidden genetic conflicts or constraints not apparent at the phenotypic level is illustrated.