Rapid evolution of cold tolerance in stickleback

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1703, 2011, Pages 233-238

  Barrett, Rowan D H ^a   Paccard, Antoine ^b   Healy, Timothy M ^a   Bergek, Sara ^c   Schulte, Patricia M ^a   Schluter, Dolph ^a   Rogers, Sean M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Institute of Biology   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Contemporary evolution; Evolutionary rates; Phenotypic change; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TOLERANCE; CORRELATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 78650467390     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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