Selection on the color polymorphism in Hawaiian happy-face spiders: Evidence from genetic structure and temporal fluctuations

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 775-783

  Gillespie, Rosemary G ^a   Oxford, Geoffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency dependent selection; Happy face spider; Population structure

Indexed keywords

COLOUR; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POLYMORPHISM; SPIDER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; AVES; GRALLATOR; HAWAIIA; INVERTEBRATA; THERIDIIDAE; THERIDION GRALLATOR;

EID: 0031879047     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb03701.x     Document Type: Article

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