Article
Adaptive divergence in a high gene flow environment: Hsc70 variation in the European flounder (Platichthys flesus L.).
Heredity - 1 Dec 2007
Hemmer-Hansen J, Nielsen E E, Frydenberg J, Loeschcke V
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about local adaptations in marine fishes since population genetic surveys in these species have typically not applied genetic markers subject to selection. In this study, we used a candidate gene approach to investigate adaptive population divergence in the European flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) throughout the northeastern Atlantic. We contrasted patterns of genetic variation in a presumably...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Evolution, Molecular
- Flounder
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Variation
- HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Seawater
