Essays about: "threespine stickleback"

Found 2 essays containing the words threespine stickleback.

1. 1. Nuptial coloration is unaffected by the immune response fibrosis in threespine stickleback

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologi

   Author : Siri Stigeborn; [2021]
   Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

   Abstract : To understand why immune traits affect the fitness of its host is an important part of understanding why and how immune responses evolve. In threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), fibrosis is an immune response evolved to combat infection of the tapeworm parasite Schistocephalus solidus. READ MORE

3. 2. Evolution toward pollution-resistant ecotypes of Baltic threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, suggested by AFLP markers

   University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

   Author : Ambjörn Johansson; [2008]
   Keywords : Microevolution; threespine stickleback; population genetics; genetic response; pollution;

   Abstract : This study used amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) to detect changes of genetic variation in threespine stickleback exposed to industrial pollution from pulp- and paper mills along the southern east coast of Sweden. A general loss of allelic diversity was associated with exposure (table 3, linear model, F1,4=7.2 [P=0. READ MORE