Living on the edge: How philopatry maintains adaptive potential

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1763, 2013, Pages

  Stiebens, Victor A ^a   Merino, Sonia E ^b   Roder, Christian ^c   Chain, Frédéric J J ^d   Lee, Patricia L M ^e,f   Eizaguirre, Christophe ^a,d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b National Institute for the Development of Fisheries (INDP)   (Cape Verde)

^c Turtle Foundation   (Cape Verde)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Local adaptation; Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta); Major histocompatibility complex; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Philopatry

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; TURTLE;

CAPE VERDE;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MITOCHONDRIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TURTLES;

EID: 84892420112     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0305     Document Type: Article

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