Divergent host plant adaptation and reproductive isolation between ecotypes of Timema cristinae walking sticks

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-162

  Nosil, Patrik ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Divergent natural selection; Ecological divergence; Ecological speciation; Phytophagous insects; Timema walking sticks

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ECOTYPE; GENE FLOW; HOST PLANT; INSECT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT; MALE; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTS; MALE; PLANTS, EDIBLE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HEXAPODA; PHASMATODEA; TIMEMA; TIMEMA CRISTINAE;

EID: 33846617774     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510634     Document Type: Review

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