Gene expression analysis for the identification of selection and local adaptation in fishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Larsen, P F ^a,b   Schulte, P M ^c   Nielsen, E E ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Genetic divergence; Natural populations; Neutral markers; Non model organisms; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DNA MICROARRAY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

PISCES;

EID: 78651434640     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02834.x     Document Type: Review

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