Inheritance of vertebral number in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Intraspecific variation in the number of vertebrae is taxonomically widespread, and both genetic and environmental factors are known to contribute to this variation. However, the relative importance of genetic versus environmental influences on variation in vertebral number has seldom been investiga...

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Main Authors: Jussi S Alho, Tuomas Leinonen, Juha Merilä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3095613?pdf=render