Evidence for asymmetric migration load in a pair of ecologically divergent stickleback populations

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-287

  Bolnick, Daniel I ^a   Caldera, Eric J ^b   Matthews, Blake ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Local adaptation; Maladaptation; Niche variation; Relative gonad mass; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; FISH; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; MIGRATION; SELECTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 44649200389     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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