Correlated trophic specialization and genetic divergence in sympatric lake whitefish ecotypes (Coregonus clupeaformis): Support for the ecological speciation hypothesis

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1491-1505

  Lu, Guoqing ^a   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coregonus; Ecotypes; Gasterosteus; Microsatellite; Morphology; Reproductive isolation; Speciation; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT JOHN RIVER BASIN;

COREGONUS; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; GASTEROSTEUS;

EID: 0032695681     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05413.x     Document Type: Article

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