Limited gene flow may enhance adaptation to local optima in isolated populations of the Roesel's bush cricket (Metrioptera roeselii)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 381-390

  Cassel Lundhagen, A ^a   Kanuch P ^a,b   Low, M ^a   Berggren, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Body size; Climate; Gene flow; Isolation; Latitude; Orthoptera

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BODY SIZE; CRICKET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; HALLUCINATION; MALE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GRYLLIDAE; HALLUCINATIONS; MALE;

HEXAPODA; METRIOPTERA ROESELII; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 78651464517     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02174.x     Document Type: Article

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