The consequences of phenotypic plasticity for ecological speciation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-342

  Thibert Plante, X ^a   Hendry, A P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Adaptive radiation; Divergent selection; Gene flow; Individual based modelling; Selection against hybrids; Selection against migrants

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SELECTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78651458665     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02169.x     Document Type: Article

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