A maternal effect mediates rapid population divergence and character displacement in spadefoot toads

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 898-909

  Pfennig, David W ^a   Martin, Ryan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological character displacement; Genetic accommodation; Inherited environmental effect; Phenotypic plasticity; Population divergence; Spea multiplicata

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXTINCTION; MATERNAL EFFECT; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; TOAD;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; LARVA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; LARVA; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

ANURA; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 62749195186     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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