Divergent selection maintains adaptive differentiation despite high gene flow between sympatric rainbow smelt ecotypes (Osmerus mordax Mitchill)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 315-330

  Saint Laurent, Robert ^a   Legault, Michel ^b   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Direction de la Recherche sur la Faune Societe de la Faune et des Parcs du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Ecotypes; Gene flow; Microsatellite; Population divergence; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OSMERIFORMES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; QUEBEC; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 12244254411     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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