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A novel resource polymorphism in fish, driven by differential bottom environments: an example from an ancient lake in Japan.
PloS one - 28 Feb 2011
Komiya Takefumi, Fujita Sari, Watanabe Katsutoshi
Abstract excerpt
Divergent natural selection rooted in differential resource use can generate and maintain intraspecific eco-morphological divergence (i.e., resource polymorphism), ultimately leading to population splitting and speciation. Differing bottom environments create lake habitats with different benthos...
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