The effects of selection, drift and genetic variation on life-history trait divergence among insular populations of natterjack toad, Bufo calamita

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2229-2240

  Rogell, Björn ^a   Eklund, Martin ^b   Thörngren, Hanna ^a   Laurila, Anssi ^a   Höglund, Jacob ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Environmental stress; Evolutionary change; Genetic drift; Life history traits; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SWEDEN;

ANURA; BUFO CALAMITA;

EID: 77952705173     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04642.x     Document Type: Article

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