Divergent selection as revealed by PST and QTL-based F ST in three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations along a coastal-inland gradient

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 891-905

  Raeymaekers, Joost A M ^a   Van Houdt, Jeroen K J ^a   Larmuseau, Maarten H D ^a   Geldof, Sarah ^a   Volckaert, Filip A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; PST; Phenotypic divergence; QST; QTL; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GILL; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RIVER; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GILLS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RIVERS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 33846929456     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03190.x     Document Type: Article

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