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Speciation reversal in European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) caused by competitor invasion.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Bhat Shripathi, Amundsen Per-Arne, Knudsen Rune, Gjelland Karl Øystein, Fevolden Svein-Erik, Bernatchez Louis, Præbel Kim
Abstract excerpt
Invasion of exotic species has caused the loss of biodiversity and imparts evolutionary and ecological changes in the introduced systems. In northern Fennoscandia, European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) is a highly polymorphic species displaying adaptive radiations into partially reproductively isolated and thus genetically differentiated sympatric morphs utilizing the planktivorous and benthivorous food...
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