Strong natural selection on juveniles maintains a narrow adult hybrid zone in a broadcast spawner

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 702-713

  Prada, Carlos ^a   Hellberg, Michael E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant inviability; Microgeographic adaptation; Octocoral; Prereproductive selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEEP SEA; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; GENOTYPE; HABITAT SELECTION; HYBRID ZONE; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NATURAL SELECTION; SIBLING; SPAWNING POPULATION;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84914141674     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678403     Document Type: Article

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