Predator-driven phenotypic diversification in Gambusia affinis

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2305-2318

  Langerhans, R Brian ^a,b   Layman, Craig A ^a,c   Shokrollahi, A Mona ^a   Dewitt, Thomas J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common garden experiment; Divergent natural selection; Ecomorphology; Fitness trade offs; Geometric morphometrics; Population differentiation; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMECHANICS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; PISCES;

EID: 7544228217     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01605.x     Document Type: Article

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