Natural selection in the water: Freshwater invasion and adaptation by water colour in the Amazonian pufferfish

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1305-1320

  Cooke, G M ^a   Chao, N L ^b   Beheregaray, L B ^a,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Amazonia; Genome scan; Phylogeography; Population genomics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLOR; DIVERGENCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TELEOST; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 85027928820     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02514.x     Document Type: Article

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