The heritable basis and cost of colour plasticity in coastrange sculpins

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2526-2536

  Bergstrom, C A ^a,b   Whiteley, A R ^c   Tallmon, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crypsis; Deglaciation; Genetic accommodation; Visual predation

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; CRYPSIS; DEGLACIATION; FISH; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISH; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISHES; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

COTTIDAE; COTTUS ALEUTICUS;

EID: 84869189965     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02624.x     Document Type: Article

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