Natural selection for body shape in resource polymorphic Icelandic Arctic charr

• Published in: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
• Main Authors: Franklin, Oliver D., Skúlason, Skúli, Morrissey, Michael B., Ferguson, Moira M.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversity
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Adaptation; Intraspecific competition; Natural selection; Path analysis; Performance gradients; Phenotypic selection; Selection differential; Sympathetic diversification; QH301 Biology; SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling; NDAS; QH301; SH; Arctic; Canada; Vatnshlíðarvatn; Arctic charr; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18320; https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13346

Funding for this study was provided by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Madame Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Scholarship. Resource polymorphisms exhibit remarkable intraspecific diversity and in many cases are expected to be maintained by diversifying selection. Phenotypic...