The close relationship between estimated divergent selection and observed differentiation supports the selective origin of a marine snail hybrid zone

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1221-1229

  Cruz, R ^a   Vilas, C ^a   Mosquera, J ^a   Garcia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Intertidal gastropods; Littorina; Natural selection; Parapatry

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

DIVERGENCE; HYBRID; HYBRID ZONE; NATURAL SELECTION; SNAIL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; SNAIL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHENOTYPE; SEAWATER; SELECTION (GENETICS); SNAILS; SPAIN;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS; LITTORINIDAE;

EID: 8144231257     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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