Towards genetic markers in animal populations as biomonitors for human-induced environmental change

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-76

  Hoffmann, Ary A ^a   Daborn, Phillip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allele frequency; Biomarker; Climate change; Environmental stress; Genetics; Selection signature; Toxin

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BIOMONITORING; CHROMOSOME; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; GENETIC MARKER; MONITORING; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENETIC MARKERS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845614514     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00985.x     Document Type: Review

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