Infinite-Dimensional Traits: Estimation of Mean, Covariance, and Selection Gradient

Ly Viet Hoang
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MS Student

“In evolutionary biology, traits like growth curves, reaction norms or morphological shapes cannot be described by a finite vector of components alone. Instead,  continuous functions represent a more useful structure. Such traits are called function-valued or infinite-dimensional traits.
The theory for the estimation of the mean and covariance function of infinite-dimensional traits will be discussed, and results of the estimations based on data on Tribolium Castaneum larvae will be presented”.

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