Evidence for evolutionary change associated with the recent range expansion of the British butterfly, Aricia agestis, in response to climate change

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-280

  Buckley, James ^a,c   Butlin, Roger K ^b   Bridle, Jon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; AFLP; climate change; evolution; range expansion; selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ARICIA AGESTIS; EREBIA;

EID: 84855441828     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05388.x     Document Type: Article

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