Ecological speciation in Gambusia fishes

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2056-2074

  Langerhans, R Brian ^a,c   Gifford, Matthew E ^a   Joseph, Everton O ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BAHAMAS   (Bahamas)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Divergent natural selection; Ecological speciation; Geometric morphometrics; Mate choice; Parallel evolution; Predation; Premating isolation

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ASSORTATIVE MATING; DIVERGENCE; FINFISH; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PREDATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; ISOENZYMES; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION (GENETICS);

GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HUBBSI; PISCES;

EID: 34548328236     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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