Latitudinal variation in axial patterning of the medaka (Actinopterygii: Adrianichthyidae): Jordan's rule is substantiated by genetic variation in abdominal vertebral number

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 856-866

  Yamahira, Kazunori ^a   Nishida, Takeshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal vertebra; Caudal vertebra; Latitude; Natural selection; Oryzias latipes

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ADRIANICHTHYIDAE; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 63849182920     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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