Landscape genetic analyses reveal cryptic population structure and putative selection gradients in a large-scale estuarine environment

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3901-3916

  McCairns, R J Scott ^a   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cline; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Isolation by distance; Parapatric; Salinity

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROBABILITY; RIVER;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DNA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MARKOV CHAINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 50049131086     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03884.x     Document Type: Article

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