Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

Advertisement

Heredity
  • View all journals
  • Search
  • Log in
  • Content Explore content
  • About the journal
  • Publish with us
  • Sign up for alerts
  • RSS feed
  1. nature
  2. heredity
  3. original article
  4. article
The manifold effect of selection
Download PDF
Download PDF
  • Original Article
  • Published: 01 April 1949

The manifold effect of selection

  • K Mather1 &
  • B J Harrison2 

Heredity volume 3, pages 1–52 (1949)Cite this article

  • 1370 Accesses

  • 172 Citations

  • 4 Altmetric

  • Metrics details

Article PDF

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. John Innes Horticultural Institution, Bayfordbury, Hertford, Herts

    K Mather

  2. Department of Genetics, University of Birmingham,

    B J Harrison

Authors
  1. K Mather
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  2. B J Harrison
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Mather, K., Harrison, B. The manifold effect of selection. Heredity 3, 1–52 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1949.1

Download citation

  • Received: 21 October 1948

  • Issue date: 01 April 1949

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1949.1

Share this article

Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:

Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article.

Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

This article is cited by

  • Plant genetic resource management: The next investments in quantitative and qualitative genetics

    • Gene Namkoong
    • Richard C. Lewontin
    • Alvin D. Yanchuk

    Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2005)

  • Chromosomal substitution analysis of receptivity and sexual isolation in Drosophila melanogaster females

    • María C Carracedo
    • R Piñeiro
    • P Casares

    Heredity (1995)

  • Chromosomal analysis of gregarious oviposition byDrosophila melanogaster

    • Dina G. Ruiz-Dubreuil
    • N�lida K�hler

    Behavior Genetics (1994)

  • Developmental variability and the limits of adaptation: Interactions with stress

    • P. A. Parsons

    Genetica (1993)

Download PDF

Advertisement

Explore content

  • Research articles
  • Reviews & Analysis
  • News & Comment
  • Podcasts
  • Current issue
  • Collections
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Sign up for alerts
  • RSS feed

About the journal

  • Journal Information
  • Open access publishing
  • About the Editors
  • Contact
  • About the Partner
  • For Advertisers
  • Subscribe

Publish with us

  • For Authors & Referees
  • Language editing services
  • Open access funding
  • Submit manuscript

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

  • Explore articles by subject
  • Find a job
  • Guide to authors
  • Editorial policies

Heredity (Heredity)

ISSN 1365-2540 (online)

ISSN 0018-067X (print)

nature.com sitemap

About Nature Portfolio

  • About us
  • Press releases
  • Press office
  • Contact us

Discover content

  • Journals A-Z
  • Articles by subject
  • protocols.io
  • Nature Index

Publishing policies

  • Nature portfolio policies
  • Open access

Author & Researcher services

  • Reprints & permissions
  • Research data
  • Language editing
  • Scientific editing
  • Nature Masterclasses
  • Research Solutions

Libraries & institutions

  • Librarian service & tools
  • Librarian portal
  • Open research
  • Recommend to library

Advertising & partnerships

  • Advertising
  • Partnerships & Services
  • Media kits
  • Branded content

Professional development

  • Nature Awards
  • Nature Careers
  • Nature Conferences

Regional websites

  • Nature Africa
  • Nature China
  • Nature India
  • Nature Japan
  • Nature Middle East
  • Privacy Policy
  • Use of cookies
  • Legal notice
  • Accessibility statement
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Your US state privacy rights
Springer Nature

© 2025 Springer Nature Limited