Genetic basis of sexual dimorphism in the threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-227

  Leinonen, T ^a   Cano, J M ^a   Merila J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body shape; G; Gasterosteus; genetic correlation; heritability; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SHAPE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERITABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 78751650207     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.104     Document Type: Article

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