Common mechanism underlies repeated evolution of extreme pollution tolerance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1728, 2012, Pages 427-433

  Whitehead, Andrew ^a   Pilcher, Whitney ^a   Champlin, Denise ^b   Nacci, Diane ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Comparative transcriptomics; Ecological genomics; Fundulus heteroclitus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CYPRINID; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GARDEN; GENOMICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN AREA; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84055176878     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0847     Document Type: Article

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