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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The Phenotypic and Genetic Distribution of Threespine Stickleback that Inhabit the Willamette Basin, Oregon, USA

Currey, Mark 17 October 2014 (has links)
A key to understanding the origin and maintenance of the diversity of life is to understand how phenotypic and genetic variation is partitioned within and among populations. I characterize the spatial partitioning of phenotypic and genetic variation in an old Willamette Basin freshwater distribution of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and compare these results to younger populations. Phenotypic variation was measured using 14 phenotypic traits, and genetic variation was assessed using RADseq and Stacks software to identify tens of thousands of single nucleotide polymorphisms. The major partitioning of phenotypic and genetic variation in Oregon is along a stereotypical transition from oceanic to freshwater that has been seen in younger systems. Phenotypic and genetic variation is significantly partitioned between basin populations, and the genetic variation is geographically structured. This work suggests that parallel divergence between oceanic and freshwater forms originated before the end of the last glacial maximum.

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