Evolution of gigantism in nine-spined sticklebacks

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3190-3200

  Herczeg, Gábor ^a   Gonda, Abigél ^a   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body size; Competition; Island rule; Natural selection; Predation; Pungitius

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LONGEVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; SYMPATRY; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GIGANTISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; GIGANTISM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER; SELECTION, GENETIC; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 70450213134     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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