Plasticity and heritability of morphological variation within and between parapatric stickleback demes

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1097-1112

  Mccairns, R J S ^a,b   Bernatchez, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Geometric morphometrics; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative genetics; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ALLOMETRY; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; COLONIZATION; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HERITABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MORPHOTYPE; OSMOREGULATION; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PARAPATRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TELEOST;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CROSS BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INHERITANCE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RIVER; SALINITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84861199194     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02496.x     Document Type: Article

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