ISSN:
1573-4927
Keywords:
allozymes
;
cline
;
Fundulus heteroclitus
;
gene frequency
;
selection
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract The spatial variation in gene frequencies of four unlinked polymorphic loci was studied in the teleost Fundulus heteroclitus. Three loci (Idh-A, Idh-B, and Est-S) exhibit significant north-south clinal variation in allelic frequencies along the Atlantic Coast of North America, while a fourth locus (6-Pgdh-A) shows a modest clinal variation. These data, together with our previous data for Ldh-B, Mdh-A, Gpi-B, and Pgm-A, reveal a pattern of low gene diversity in the colder northern extremes of the species range and high gene diversity in warmer southern latitudes.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00484004
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