Quantifying the constraining influence of gene flow on adaptive divergence in the lake-stream threespine stickleback system

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2015-2026

  Moore, Jean Sébastien ^a   Gow, Jennifer L ^b   Taylor, Eric B ^b   Hendry, Andrew P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Gene flow; Isolation by distance; Microsatellites; Migration load; Natural selection; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DIVERGENCE; FINFISH; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARAPATRY; PHENOTYPE; WATERSHED;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RIVER; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RIVERS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SMEGMAMORPHA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 34547691650     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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