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A graphical model of disruptive selection on offspring size and a possible case of speciation in freshwater gobies characterized by egg-size difference

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The graphical technique devised bySmith andFretwell (1974) to construct a model of the optimal offspring size was applied to the case where disruptive selection might work on offspring size. On this basis, a possible case of speciation in freshwater gobies characterized by egg-size difference was discussed.

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  1. Department of Biology, Keio University, Kôhoku-ku, 223, Yokohama, Japan

    Yuji Kishi

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Kishi, Y. A graphical model of disruptive selection on offspring size and a possible case of speciation in freshwater gobies characterized by egg-size difference. Res Popul Ecol 20, 211–215 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02512626

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