Inheritance of geographic variation in body size and countergradient variation in growth rates in the southern brown bandicoot Isoodon obesulus

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-16

  Hale, Marie L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic compensation; Genotype environment; Isoodon obesulus; Local adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002935485     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am00009     Document Type: Article

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