Gene flow maintains a large genetic difference in clutch size at a small spatial scale

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7021, 2005, Pages 65-68

  Postma, Erik ^a   Van Noordwijk, Arie J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GENES;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENCES; IMMIGRATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ADAPTATION; CLUTCH SIZE; GENE FLOW; IMMIGRATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION GENETICS; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SONGBIRDS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 11944273618     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03083     Document Type: Article

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