The functional genomics of an eco-evolutionary feedback loop: Linking gene expression, trait evolution, and community dynamics

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 492-501

  Becks, Lutz ^a   Ellner, Stephen P ^a   Jones, Laura E ^a   Hairston Jr , Nelson G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemostat dynamics; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Eco evolutionary feedback loop; Microarray; Microcosm; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; CHEMOSTAT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HERITABILITY; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROCOSM; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; ROTIFERA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; ROTIFERA;

ALGAE; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84859428884     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01763.x     Document Type: Article

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