Rapid ecological speciation in three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus from Middleton Island, Alaska: The roles of selection and geographic isolation

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2037-2051

  Gelmond, O ^a   Von Hippel, F A ^a   Christy, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

1964 Great Alaska Earthquake; Gene flow; Isolation by distance; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; FRESH WATER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME FACTORS;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 72649084034     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02417.x     Document Type: Article

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