Ancestral plasticity and allometry in threespine stickleback reveal phenotypes associated with derived, freshwater ecotypes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 573-583

  Wund, Matthew A ^a   Valena, Sophie ^b,c   Wood, Susan ^a   Baker, John A ^b  

^a Department of Health and Exercise Science   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Flexible stem; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Genetic accommodation; Limnetic; Phenotypic plasticity; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; DIET; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STEM; TELEOST; ZOOPLANKTON;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84856412305     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01815.x     Document Type: Article

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