Adaptation at specific loci. VI. Divergence vs. parallelism of polymorphic allozymes in molecular function and fitness-component effects among Colias species (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 699-709

  Watt, Ward B ^a,b   Donohue, Kathleen ^a,c   Carter, Patrick A ^a,d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d St Luke's Sinai Samaritan Med C   (United States)

Author keywords

allozymes; fitness differences; genotypic differences; molecular function; natural selection; phosphoglucose isomerase; phyletic divergence; polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BUTTERFLY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029925676     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025631     Document Type: Article

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