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On the origin of species: insights from the ecological genomics of lake whitefish.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 12 Jun 2010
Bernatchez Louis, Renaut Sébastien, Whiteley Andrew R, Derome Nicolas, Jeukens Julie, Landry Lysandre, Lu Guoqing, Nolte Arne W, Ostbye Kjartan, Rogers Sean M, St-Cyr Jérôme
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In contrast to the large amount of ecological information supporting the role of natural selection as a main cause of population divergence and speciation, an understanding of the genomic basis underlying those processes is in its infancy. In this paper, we review the main findings of a long-term research programme that we have been conducting on the ecological genomics of sympatric forms of whitefish (Coregonus...
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