Rapid and coupled phenotypic and genetic divergence in Icelandic Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2229-2234

  Gíslason, David ^a   Ferguson, Moira M ^a   Skúlason, Skúli ^b   Snorrason, Sigurdur S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Holar College   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ICELAND;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0033491881     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-245     Document Type: Article

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