Axial variation in the threespine stickleback: Genetic and environmental factors

Evolution and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 100-112

  Ahn, Dae Gwon ^a   Gibson, Greg ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SKELETON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033188395     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142x.1999.99009.x     Document Type: Article

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