Increasing melanism along a latitudinal gradient in a widespread amphibian: local adaptation, ontogenic or environmental plasticity?

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Published in BMC Evol Biol on October 21, 2010

Authors

Jussi S Alho1, Gábor Herczeg, Fredrik Söderman, Anssi Laurila, K Ingemar Jönsson, Juha Merilä

Author Affiliations

1: Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Department of Biosciences, PO Box 65, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. jussi.s.alho@iki.fi

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