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Ecological genetics of freshwater fish: a short review of the genotype–phenotype connection

Molecular ecology or ecological genetics is an expanding application of population genetics which has flourished in the last two decades but it is dominated by systematic and phylogeographic studies, with relatively little emphasis on the study of the genetic basis of the process of adaptation to different ecological conditions. The relationship between genotype and adaptive phenotypes is weak because populations are often difficult to quantify and experiments are logistically challenging or unfeasible. Interestingly, in freshwater fish, studies to characterize the genetic architecture of adaptive traits are not as rare as in other vertebrate groups. In this review, we summarize the few cases where the relationship between the ecology and genetics of freshwater fish is more developed, namely the relationship between genetic markers and ecological phenot

© Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2011, vol. 34, núm. 2, p.309-317

Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona

Autor: Vidal Fàbrega, Oriol
García Marín, José Luis
Data: 2011
Resum: Molecular ecology or ecological genetics is an expanding application of population genetics which has flourished in the last two decades but it is dominated by systematic and phylogeographic studies, with relatively little emphasis on the study of the genetic basis of the process of adaptation to different ecological conditions. The relationship between genotype and adaptive phenotypes is weak because populations are often difficult to quantify and experiments are logistically challenging or unfeasible. Interestingly, in freshwater fish, studies to characterize the genetic architecture of adaptive traits are not as rare as in other vertebrate groups. In this review, we summarize the few cases where the relationship between the ecology and genetics of freshwater fish is more developed, namely the relationship between genetic markers and ecological phenot
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Cita: 1578–665X
Accés al document: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/8450
Llenguatge: eng
Editor: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Col·lecció: Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/ABC-34-2-pp-309-317.pdf
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És part de: © Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2011, vol. 34, núm. 2, p.309-317
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Matèria: Peixos d’aigua dolça -- Genètica
Freshwater fishes -- Genetics
Ecologia molecular
Molecular ecology
Títol: Ecological genetics of freshwater fish: a short review of the genotype–phenotype connection
Tipus: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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