The genetic and environmental basis of adaptive differences in shoaling behaviour among populations of Trinidadian guppies, Poecilia reticulata

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1860-1866

  Huizinga, M ^a   Ghalambor, C K ^a   Reznick, D N ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Genetic accommodation; Phenotypic plasticity; Poecilia reticulata; Shoaling behaviour

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

COLONIZATION; CYPRINID; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHEROMONE; PREDATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; PHEROMONES; POECILIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 69249163901     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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