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The Genome of the Trinidadian Guppy, Poecilia reticulata, and Variation in the Guanapo Population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Künstner Axel, Hoffmann Margarete, Fraser Bonnie A, Kottler Verena A, Sharma Eshita, Weigel Detlef, Dreyer Christine
Abstract excerpt
For over a century, the live bearing guppy, Poecilia reticulata, has been used to study sexual selection as well as local adaptation. Natural guppy populations differ in many traits that are of intuitively adaptive significance such as ornamentation, age at maturity, brood size and body shape. Water depth, light supply, food resources and predation regime shape these traits, and barrier waterfalls often separate...
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