Assortative mating by diet in a phenotypically unimodal but ecologically variable population of stickleback

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 733-739

  Snowberg, Lisa K ^a   Bolnick, Daniel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Individual specialization; Reproductive isolation; Speciation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; DIVERGENCE; ECOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENE FLOW; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREY CAPTURE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 54349104258     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591692     Document Type: Article

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