Parasites may contribute to 'magic trait' evolution in the adaptive radiation of three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus (Gasterosteiformes: Gasterosteidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 425-433

  MacColl, Andrew D C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Divergent selection; Ecological theory of speciation; Life history; Schistocephalus solidus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; FISH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CESTODA; GASTEROSTEIDAE; GASTEROSTEIFORMES; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 58549113778     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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