The maintenance of a cline in the marine snail Littorina saxatilis: The role of home site advantage and hybrid fitness

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1838-1847

  Rolán Alvarez, Emilio ^a   Johannesson, Kerstin ^a,b   Erlandsson, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Differential selection; Hybrid zone; Reciprocal transplants; Reinforcement; Selection gradient model; Tension zone model; Viability estimates

Indexed keywords

BYBRID FITNESS; HYBRID FITNESS; HYBRID ZONE; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MARINE SNAIL; SELECTION GRADIENT;

GALICIA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS;

EID: 0343245007     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb05107.x     Document Type: Article

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