Evolution of growth by genetic accommodation in Icelandic freshwater stickleback

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1772, 2013, Pages

  Robinson, Beren W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Countergradient variation; Ecological transition; Genetic assimilation; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADAPTATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERITABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TELEOST;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COUNTERGRADIENT VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSIMILATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; COUNTERGRADIENT VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION; GENETIC ASSIMILATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ICELAND;

EID: 84902657032     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2197     Document Type: Article

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