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Testing for local adaptation in brown trout using reciprocal transplants.
BMC evolutionary biology - 18 Dec 2012
Stelkens Rike B, Pompini Manuel, Wedekind Claus
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Local adaptation can drive the divergence of populations but identification of the traits under selection remains a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Reciprocal transplant experiments are ideal tests of local adaptation, yet rarely used for higher vertebrates because of the mobility and potential invasiveness of non-native organisms. Here, we reciprocally transplanted 2500 brown trout (Salmo...
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