Article
Genes Versus Environment: Body Size Variation Among Recruitment Cohorts of Dungeness Crab.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2026
Dimond James L, Grossman Sarah K, Buckner Emily V, Cook Claire E, Bosley Katelyn M, Tobin Elizabeth D, Barber Julie S
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the drivers of phenotypic variation is key to disentangling the evolutionary and environmental forces that shape patterns of trait variation within and among populations. In Dungeness crab, settlement-stage megalopae exhibit striking seasonal variation in body size, with early season cohorts consistently larger than later ones. This pattern may result from genetically distinct larval sources or...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Size
- Temperature
- Phenotype
- Brachyura
- Environment
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Seasons
- Genotype
- Washington
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetics, Population
- Larva