Artificial introductions, evolutionary change and population differentiation in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata: Poeciliidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-234

  Carvalho, Gary R ^a,c   Shaw, Paul W ^a,c   Hauser, Lorenz ^a,c   Seghers, Benoni H ^b   Magurran, Anne E ^b,d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Founder effect allozyme; Genetic differentiation; Genetic variability; Natural selection; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544370442     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb00310.x     Document Type: Article

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