Molecular and quantitative genetic differentiation across Europe in yellow dung flies

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1492-1503

  Demont, M ^a   Blanckenhorn, W U ^a   Hosken, D J ^a,b   Garner, T W J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic drift; Natural selection; Population genetics; QST; Quantitative traits; Scathophaga

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; EVOLUTION; FLY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DIPTERA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

SCATHOPHAGA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA;

EID: 54049134879     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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