Quick divergence but slow convergence during ecotype formation in lake and stream stickleback pairs of variable age

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1878-1892

  Lucek, K ^a,b   Sivasundar, A ^a,b   Kristjansson B K ^c   Skulason S ^c   Seehausen, O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^c HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Line of least resistance; P matrix; Parapatric evolution; Phenotypic diversification

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ECOTYPE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PARAPATRY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; STREAM;

ICELAND; SWITZERLAND;

GASTEROSTEUS;

FRESH WATER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; ICELAND; LAKE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RIVER; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SWITZERLAND;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTYPE; FRESH WATER; GENETIC SPECIATION; ICELAND; LAKES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RIVERS; SMEGMAMORPHA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84906942500     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12439     Document Type: Article

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