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Genetic and Morphological Variation in Natural Populations of the Red Shiner, Notropis lutrensis, and their Relationship to Adaptation in a Generalist Species

Twenty-two natural populations of the red shiner minnow, Notropis lutrensis were examined for morphological and genetic variation. This research was aimed at testing the hypothesis that morphological and genetic variation was primarily influenced by the degree of gene flow between populations. Ten linear measurements were taken from each of 1320 specimens. Morphological characters were adjusted for differential growth by least squares linear regression techniques. Genetic variability was estimated for each individual red shiner through the methods of starch gel electrophoresis. Twenty presumtive gene loci were resolved.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331839
Date05 1900
CreatorsWooten, Michael Conrad
ContributorsZimmerman, Earl G., Fitzpatrick, Lloyd C., Matthews, William J., Stewart, Kenneth W., Beitinger, Thomas L.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatix, 189 leaves : ill., Text
RightsPublic, Wooten, Michael Conrad, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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