The evolution of swimming capacity among migratory and non-migratory populations of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Understanding how complex traits evolve is critical for understanding how animals meet environmental challenges. In my dissertation I studied the mechanisms by which prolonged swimming performance (Ucrit), a complex whole-animal performance trait, has evolved among ancestral anadromous-marine and de...
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University of British Columbia
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/41977 |