Latitudinal divergence of common frog (Rana temporaria) life history traits by natural selection: Evidence from a comparison of molecular and quantitative genetic data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1963-1978

  Palo, J U ^a   O'Hara, R B ^a   Laugen, A T ^b   Laurila, A ^b   Primmer, C R ^a   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Bayesian statistics; FST; Geographical variation; Microsatellite DNA; QST

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RANA TEMPORARIA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWEDEN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037630927     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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