Morphological divergence and origin of sympatric populations of European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.) in Lake Femund, Norway

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 683-702

  Ostbye K ^a   Naesje T F ^b   Bernatchez, L ^c   Sandlund, O T ^a   Hindar, K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Departement de Biologie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fst; Gene flow; Gill rakers; Microsatellites; Niche; Polymorphism; Qst; Speciation

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SALMONID;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONIDAE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HEDMARK; LAKE FEMUND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

COREGONUS LAVARETUS;

EID: 17644367987     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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