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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Main Author: Dalziel, Anne Cecilia
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/41977