The role of gene expression in ecological speciation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1206, Issue , 2010, Pages 110-129

  Pavey, Scott A ^a,b   Collin, Hélène ^c   Nosil, Patrik ^d,e   Rogers, Sean M ^f  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Katmai National Park   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d Institute for Advanced Study   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptive divergence; cis regulatory mutation; eQTL; gene expression; microarray; phenotypic plasticity; population persistence; qPCR; reproductive isolation; speciation

Indexed keywords

DNA MICROARRAY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SPECIATION; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77957741498     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05765.x     Document Type: Review

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