Biodiversity of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) : sympatric morphs and hybridization with Dolly Varden (S. malma) in southwestern Alaska

• Main Author: May-McNally, Shannan Leigh
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Glacial Lake; Varden; Salvelinus alpinus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50852

Resource polymorphism and natural hybridization are evolutionary phenomena that play an important role in the development of reproductive isolation during speciation. The Arctic char (Salmonidae: Salvelinus alpinus) exhibits substantial phenotypic and genetic diversity across its Holarctic range, ma...