Both selection and gene flow are necessary to explain adaptive divergence: Evidence from clinal variation in stream stickleback

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 871-886

  Moore, Jean Sébastien ^a   Hendry, Andrew P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constraints; Dispersal; Divergent selection; Ecological speciation; Hybrid zones; Migration; Parallel evolution

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 26444585641     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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