Local adaptation along smooth ecological gradients causes phylogeographic breaks and phenotypic clustering

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-49

  Irwin, Darren E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coalescent theory; Genealogy; Local adaptation; Mitochondrial DNA; Natural selection; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

COALESCENCE; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC MARKER; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84862123726     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666002     Document Type: Article

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