Convergent life-history shifts: toxic environments result in big babies in two clades of poeciliids

Rüdiger Riesch, Martin Plath, Francisco J. García de León, Ingo Schlupp

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)133-141
Number of pages9
JournalNaturwissenschaften
Volume97
Issue number2
Early online date14 Oct 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2010

Keywords

  • ecological speciation
  • divergent natural selection
  • extremophile fish
  • Gambusia eurystoma
  • hydrogen sulfide
  • offspring size
  • Poecilia sulphuraria
  • fecundity
  • life-history evolution
  • Poecilia mexicana
  • Gambusia sexradiata
  • Tabasco
  • Mexico

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