A guide to the genomics of ecological speciation in natural animal populations

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-18

  Rice, Amber M ^a   Rudh, Andreas ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a   Qvarnström, Anna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Gene expression; Gene flow; Genetics; Genome scan; Genomics; Mapping approaches; Natural selection; Next generation sequencing; Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENOMICS; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SUBPOPULATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650053513     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01546.x     Document Type: Article

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