Plasticity in sexual size dimorphism and Rensch's rule in Mediterranean blennies (Blenniidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1173-1178

  Lengkeek, W ^a,e   Didderen, K ^b   Cote I M ^c   Van Der Zee, E M ^d   Snoek, R C ^d   Reynolds, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Bureau Waardenburg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AIDABLENNIUS SPHYNX; BLENNIIDAE; BLENNIOIDEI; PARABLENNIUS INCOGNITUS;

EID: 54349087126     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-103     Document Type: Article

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