Morphological and genetic divergence of intralacustrine stickleback morphs in Iceland: A case for selective differentiation?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 603-616

  Olafsdottir G A ^a,b   Snorrason, S S ^b   Ritchie, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Habitat isolation; Local adaptation; Population structure; Predation; Reproductive barrier; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BENTHOS; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; ICELAND; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS); SMEGMAMORPHA;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; THINGVALLAVATN;

EID: 33847015745     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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