Genetics, lighting environment, and heritable responses to lighting environment affect male color morph expression in bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1086-1098

  Fuller, Rebecca C ^a   Travis, Joseph ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color polymorphism; Epistasis; Fundulidae; Heritable plasticity; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR MORPH; CYPRINID; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULIDAE; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LUCANIA GOODEI;

EID: 2542470964     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00442.x     Document Type: Article

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