Body size divergence in nine-spined sticklebacks: Disentangling additive genetic and maternal effects

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 521-528

  Ab Ghani, Nurul Izza ^a   Herczeg, Gábor ^a   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Genetics; Geographic variation; Gigantism; Maternal effect

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; TELEOST; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84867682885     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01956.x     Document Type: Article

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