Low variability and absence of phenotypic correlates of Clock gene variation in a great tit Parus major population

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-550

  Liedvogel, Miriam ^a,b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLELE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT TYPE; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

ENGLAND; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WYTHAM WOODS;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77956775724     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05055.x     Document Type: Article

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