Genetic Assimilation and the Postcolonization Erosion of Phenotypic Plasticity in Island Tiger Snakes

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 1932-1936

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a CNRS a Moulis   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; SNAKES;

NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 70450240766     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.09.061     Document Type: Article

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