Evolution in extreme environments: Replicated phenotypic differentiation in livebearing fish inhabiting sulfidic springs

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2213-2228

  Tobler, Michael ^a,b   Palacios, Maura ^c   Chapman, Lauren J ^d   Mitrofanov, Igor ^d   Bierbach, David ^e   Plath, Martin ^e   Arias Rodriguez, Lenin ^f   García de León, Francisco J ^a   Mateos, Mariana ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Hydrogen sulfide; Hypoxia; Local adaptation; Morphological differentiation; MtDNA phylogeny; Natural selection; Poecilia

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYPOXIA; LOCAL ADAPTATION; METAZOAN; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPRING WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL SPRING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MEXICO; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POECILIA; SELECTION, GENETIC;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; METAZOA; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIA SULPHURARIA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 79960553664     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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