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Natural selection in house mice (Mus musculus) from South Georgia (South Atlantic Ocean)

by Berry, R.J., Bonner, W.N., Peters, Josephine
Published in Journal of Zoology (1979)

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Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World

by Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M., Murphy, Eugene J., Clarke, Andrew
Published 2012
“... conditions, seasonality and isolation have lead to some of the most striking examples of natural selection...”

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Evolution and biodiversity of Antarctic organisms: a molecular perspective

by Rogers, Alex David
Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2007)
“... examples of natural selection at the molecular, structural and physiological levels. Analyses of molecular...”

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Weight loss during breeding is adaptive for female macaroni penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus

by Cresswell, Katherine A., Tarling, Geraint A., Trathan, Phil N.
Published 2007
“... is constant, but variability decreases further from the nest. Conclusions: Natural selection should produce...”

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Sweepstake reproductive success and collective dispersal produce chaotic genetic patchiness in a broadcast spawner

by Vendrami, David L.J., Peck, Lloyd S., Clark, Melody S., Eldon, Bjarki, Meredith, Michael, Hoffman, Joseph I.
Published in Science Advances (2021)
“.... Several mechanisms are hypothesized to explain CGP including natural selection, spatiotemporal...”

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Prey differences drive local genetic adaptation in Antarctic fur seals

by Cleary, Alison C., Bester, Marthan, Forcada, Jaume, Goebel, Michael, Goldsworthy, Simon D., Guinet, Christopher, Hoffman, Joseph I., Kovacs, Kit M., Lydersen, Christian, Lowther, Andrew D.
Published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (2019)
“.... Twenty-seven genomic regions exhibiting signatures of natural selection were identified. Two...”

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Melanin-based skin spots reflect stress responsiveness in salmonid fish

by Kittilsen, S., Schjolden, J., Beitnes-Johansen, I., Shaw, J.C., Pottinger, T.G., Sorensen, C., Braastad, B.O., Bakken, M., Overli, O.
Published in Hormones and Behavior (2009)
“... by natural selection. Here we show that individual variation in stress responsiveness is reflected...”

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Differential adaptations between cold-stenothermal environments in the bivalve Lissarca cf. miliaris (Philobryidae) from the Scotia Sea islands and Antarctic Peninsula

by Reed, Adam J., Linse, Katrin, Thatje, Sven
Published in Journal of Sea Research (2014)
“... may have a role in speciation processes through ecological divergence, natural selection...”

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Stable isotope values in South American fur seal pup whiskers as proxies of year-round maternal foraging ecology

by Jones, Kayleigh A., Baylis, Alastair M.M., Orben, Rachael A., Ratcliffe, Norman, Votier, Stephen C., Newton, Jason, Staniland, Iain
Published in Marine Biology (2020)
“...Natural selection should favour strategies that maximise reproductive success. Females may use...”

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