Adaptive brain size divergence in nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius)?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1721-1726

  Gonda, A ^a   Herczeg, G ^a   MerilA J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain size; Evolution; Population differentiation; Predation; Pungitius; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIVERGENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ISOLATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PREDATION; TELEOST;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

BULBUS; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

EID: 67650376362     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01782.x     Document Type: Article

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