Phenotype-environment association of the oxygen transport system in trimorphic European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) populations.

Phenotype-environment association of the oxygen transport system in trimorphic European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) populations Running Title: Adaptive divergence of oxygen transport system

Phenotype-environment correlations in a putative whitefish adaptive radiation.

1. The adaptive radiation of fishes into benthic (littoral) and pelagic (lentic) morphs in post-glacial lakes has become an important model system for speciation. Although these systems are well studied, there is little evidence of the existence of morphs that have diverged to utilize resources in the remaining principal lake habitat, the profundal zone. 2. Here, we tested phenotype-environment...

Parallel and non-parallel morphological divergence among foraging specialists in European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)

Parallel phenotypic evolution occurs when independent populations evolve similar traits in response to similar selective regimes. However, populations inhabiting similar environments also frequently show some phenotypic differences that result from non-parallel evolution. In this study, we quantified the relative importance of parallel evolution to similar foraging regimes and non-parallel lake...

Fish length exclusively determines sexual maturation in the European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus species complex.

The probability that a fish matures at a certain age and length (the so-called probabilistic maturation reaction norm, PMRN) was analysed for a European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus species complex population living in the Austrian pre-alpine Lake Irrsee. Fish length was found to be the only relevant determinant of maturation probability, and females matured at slightly smaller sizes than males.

Speciation Reversal in European Whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) Caused by Competitor Invasion

Invasion of exotic species has caused the loss of biodiversity and imparts evolutionary and ecological changes in the introduced systems. In northern Fennoscandia, European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) is a highly polymorphic species displaying adaptive radiations into partially reproductively isolated and thus genetically differentiated sympatric morphs utilizing the planktivorous and ...