Genetic differences and phenotypic plasticity in body size between high- and low-altitude populations of the ground beetle Carabus tosanus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1835-1842

  Tsuchiya, Yuzo ^a   Takami, Y ^b   Okuzaki, Y ^a   Sota, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climatic adaptation; Incipient speciation; Sex linked effect; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SUBSPECIES; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; CROSS BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

JAPAN; SHIKOKU;

CARABIDAE; CARABUS TOSANUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84865179722     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02568.x     Document Type: Article

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