Local selection modifies phenotypic divergence among Rana temporaria populations in the presence of gene flow

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 716-731

  Richter Boix, Alex ^a   Teplitsky, Céline ^a   Rogell, Björn ^a   Laurila, Anssi ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Museúm National d'H istoire Naturelle   (France)

Author keywords

Countergradient variation; Gene flow; Genetic drift; Local adaptation; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FROG; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RANA TEMPORARIA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 77749277153     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04502.x     Document Type: Article

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