Contrasting patterns of heritable geographic variation in shell morphology and growth potential in the marine gastropod Bembicium vittatum: Evidence from field experiments

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 784-796

  Parsons, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Countergradient variation; Habitat; Latitude; Metabolic compensation; Pattern; Plasticity; Shape

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; SHELL MORPHOLOGY; SHELLS; TRANSPLANTATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BEMBICIUM; BEMBICIUM VITTATUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0030790488     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03661.x     Document Type: Article

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