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    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: Volume 98, Issue 3

    479-706
    November 2009
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Original Articles

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Adaptive coat colour polymorphism in the Kermode bear of coastal British Columbia

DAN R. KLINKA,  THOMAS E. REIMCHEN, 
  • Pages: 479-488
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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A test for negative frequency-dependent mating success as a function of male colour pattern in the bluefin killifish

REBECCA C. FULLER,  ASHLEY M. JOHNSON, 
  • Pages: 489-500
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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No evidence for optimal fitness at intermediate levels of inbreeding in Drosophila melanogaster

STEPHEN P. ROBINSON,  W. JASON KENNINGTON,  LEIGH W. SIMMONS, 
  • Pages: 501-510
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Sperm release and use at fertilization by yellow dung fly females (Scathophaga stercoraria)

SONJA H. SBILORDO,  MARTIN A. SCHÄFER,  PAUL I. WARD, 
  • Pages: 511-518
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Patterns of self compatibility, inbreeding depression, outcrossing, and sex allocation in a marine bryozoan suggest the predominating influence of sperm competition

ROGER N. HUGHES,  PETER J. WRIGHT,  GARY R. CARVALHO,  WILLIAM F. HUTCHINSON, 
  • Pages: 519-531
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Offspring performance is linked to parental identity and male breeding ornamentation in whitefish

HANNU HUUSKONEN,  HELENA HAAKANA,  JUKKA KEKÄLÄINEN, 
  • Pages: 532-539
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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The rowing-to-flapping transition: ontogenetic changes in gill-plate kinematics in the nymphal mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

ANDREW T. SENSENIG,  KENNETH T. KIGER,  JEFFREY W. SHULTZ, 
  • Pages: 540-555
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Polymorphism hides cryptic species in Oerstedia dorsalis (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea)

PER SUNDBERG,  EMMA THURÓCZY VODOTI,  HONG ZHOU,  MALIN STRAND, 
  • Pages: 556-567
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Molecular characterization of an ancient Hepatozoon species parasitizing the ‘living fossil’ marsupial ‘Monito del Monte’ Dromiciops gliroides from Chile

SANTIAGO MERINO,  RODRIGO A. VÁSQUEZ,  JAVIER MARTÍNEZ,  JUAN LUIS CELIS-DIEZ,  LETICIA GUTIÉRREZ-JIMÉNEZ,  SILVINA IPPI,  INOCENCIA SÁNCHEZ-MONSALVEZ,  JOSUÉ MARTÍNEZ-DE LA PUENTE, 
  • Pages: 568-576
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Naris and beak malformation caused by the parasitic fly, Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae), in Darwin's small ground finch, Geospiza fuliginosa (Passeriformes: Emberizidae)

TOBY H. GALLIGAN,  SONIA KLEINDORFER, 
  • Pages: 577-585
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Testing subspecies hypothesis with molecular markers and morphometrics in the Pacific white tern complex

NORINE W. YEUNG,  DAVID B. CARLON,  SHEILA CONANT, 
  • Pages: 586-595
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Low population differentiation and high genetic diversity in the invasive species Carduus acanthoides L. (Asteraceae) within its native range in the Czech Republic

BOHUMIL MANDÁK,  PETR ZÁKRAVSKÝ,  DANA KOŘÍNKOVÁ,  PETR DOSTÁL,  IVANA PLAČKOVÁ, 
  • Pages: 596-607
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Changes in ventral head width, a discriminating shape factor among African cichlids, can be induced by chronic hypoxia

HENDRIKUS A. RUTJES,  MARNIX P. DE ZEEUW,  GUIDO E. E. J. M. VAN DEN THILLART,  FRANS WITTE, 
  • Pages: 608-619
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Pattern of differentiation in the annual killifish genus Austrolebias (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from a biosphere reserve site in South America: a multidisciplinary approach

GRACIELA GARCÍA,  MARCELO LOUREIRO,  NIBIA BEROIS,  MARIA J. AREZO,  GABRIELA CASANOVA,  GRACIELA CLIVIO,  ALVARO OLIVERA, 
  • Pages: 620-635
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Differing evolutionary patterns underlie convergence on elongate morphology in endemic fishes of Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina

TREVOR J. KRABBENHOFT,  MICHAEL L. COLLYER,  JOSEPH M. QUATTRO, 
  • Pages: 636-645
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Ecological and evolutionary factors in the morphological diversification of South American spiny rats

S. IVAN PEREZ,  JOSÉ ALEXANDRE FELIZOLA DINIZ-FILHO,  F. JAMES ROHLF,  SÉRGIO FURTADO DOS REIS, 
  • Pages: 646-660
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Genetic variation and its evolutionary implications in a Mediterranean island endemic lizard

DANIELE SALVI,  MASSIMO CAPULA,  PIERLUIGI BOMBI,  MARCO A. BOLOGNA, 
  • Pages: 661-676
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Phylogeography and counter-intuitive inferences in island biogeography: evidence from morphometric markers in the mobile butterfly Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)

LEONARDO DAPPORTO,  CLAUDIA BRUSCHINI,  DAVID BARACCHI,  ALESSANDRO CINI,  SEVERIANO F. GAYUBO,  JOSÉ A. GONZÁLEZ,  ROGER L. H. DENNIS, 
  • Pages: 677-692
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Biogeographical connections between the Maghreb and the Mediterranean peninsulas of southern Europe

JAN CHRISTIAN HABEL,  PETRA DIEKER,  THOMAS SCHMITT, 
  • Pages: 693-703
  • First Published: 27 October 2009

Book Reviews

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Mitosis and apoptosis: matters of life and death – By I. D. Bowen, S. M. Bowen and A. H. Jones

Brian J. Ford, 
  • Page: 704
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Methods of Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants. 1. Competition, Establishment and Ecosystem Effects – By Gosta Kjellsson & Vibeke Simonsen

Brian J. Ford, 
  • Pages: 704-705
  • First Published: 27 October 2009
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Charles Darwin: The ‘Beagle’– Edited by F. Burkhardt

David M. Williams, 
  • Pages: 705-706
  • First Published: 27 October 2009