Disentangling the role of phenotypic plasticity and genetic divergence in contemporary ecotype formation during a biological invasion

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2619-2632

  Lucek, Kay ^a,b   Sivasundar, Arjun ^a,b,c   Seehausen, Ole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Ecotype formation; Heritability; Invasion biology; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOTYPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WILD POPULATION;

SWITZERLAND;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ECOTYPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RIVER; SMEGMAMORPHA; SWITZERLAND;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOTYPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RIVERS; SMEGMAMORPHA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84906829507     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12443     Document Type: Article

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