Testing limits to adaptation along altitudinal gradients in rainforest Drosophila

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1661, 2009, Pages 1507-1515

  Bridle, Jon R ^a,b   Gavaz, Sedef ^b   Kennington, W Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gene flow; Local adaptation; Range margins

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLINE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; RAINFOREST; RANGE SIZE; SELECTION; TOLERANCE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES;

EID: 66149180788     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1601     Document Type: Article

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