Foraging trait (co)variances in stickleback evolve deterministically and do not predict trajectories of adaptive diversification

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2265-2277

  Berner, Daniel ^a   Stutz, William E ^b   Bolnick, Daniel I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; Disruptive selection; Evolutionary divergence; P matrix; Sexual dimorphism; Trophic morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TELEOST;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GILL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GILLS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS;

EID: 77955251411     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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