Rapid divergence in a recently isolated population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 659-672

  Kristjánsson, Bjarni K ^a,b   Skúlason, Skúli ^a   Noakes, David L G ^b  

^a Holar College   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolution; Iceland; Resource polymorphism; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041346447     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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