Convergent evolution and divergent selection: Lizards at the white sands ecotone

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspidoscelis inornata; Color variation; Gene flow; Holbrookia maculata; Local adaptation; Sceloporus undulatus

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; LIZARD; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LIZARDS; NEW MEXICO; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITE SANDS;

ASPIDOSCELIS INORNATA; HOLBROOKIA MACULATA; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 29844432016     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498397     Document Type: Article

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