Quantifying effects of environmental and geographical factors on patterns of genetic differentiation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4631-4642

  Lee, Cheng Ruei ^a   Mitchell Olds, Thomas ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Environmental adaptation; Genetic variation; Geography; Niche modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053984232     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05310.x     Document Type: Article

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