Adaptation to a steep environmental gradient and an associated barrier to gene exchange in Littorina saxatilis

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-278

  Grahame, John W ^a   Wilding, Craig S ^a,b   Butlin, Roger K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; AFLP; Clines; Ecotone; Gene flow

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ALLOPATRY; CLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROPOD; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ISOLATION EFFECT; MORPHOTYPE; ROCKY SHORE; SHELL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SNAIL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SNAILS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646842534     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/05-592.1     Document Type: Article

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