Article
Genetic variation for seasonal adaptation in Peromyscus leucopus: nonreciprocal breakdown in a population cross.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Wichman H A, Lynch C B
Abstract excerpt
The genetic basis for adaptations to the diverse environments encountered by a wide-ranging species should be reflected in the phenotypes of hybrids between differentiated populations. We crossed mice from two ecologically different populations to determine whether adaptations to seasonality in Peromyscus leucopus, the white-footed mouse, display directional dominance or whether they are affected by specific...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Body Temperature Regulation
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Male
- Peromyscus
- Phenotype
- Seasons
- Statistics as Topic