Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular-functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (Colias: Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1265-1275

  Watt, Ward B ^a,b   Wheat, Chris W ^a,b,c   Meyer, Everett H ^a,b   Martin, Jean François ^a,b,d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Change in selection; Clinal variation; Dispersal; Ecotonal; Natural selection; Steppe; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

COLIAS; COLIAS MEADII; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0038414034     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01804.x     Document Type: Article

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