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Genetically isolated sympatric forms of threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, in Lake Azabachije (Kamchatka-peninsula, USSR)

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Two sympatric morphs of threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus are found in Lake Azabachije (Kamchatka, USSR); resident low-plated leiurus and completely plated trachurus, migrating from the Bering sea into the Lake to spawn. The absence of the intermediate morph semiarmatus and significant differences in a number of characters are indicative of reproductive isolation. The results show that the leiurus morph is common in the regions other than those with mild climate and small seasonal fluctuations of temperature.

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  1. N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str. 26, Moscow, 117334, USSR

    Valery V. Ziuganov

  2. Biological Faculty, Department of Ichthyology, Moscow State University, Leninskye gory, Moscow, USSR

    Galina Ju Golovatjuk & Ksenia A. Savvaitova

  3. Kamchatskoye subdivision, Pacific Institute of Marine Fishery and Oceanography, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, USSR

    Victor F. Bugaev

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Ziuganov, V.V., Golovatjuk, G.J., Savvaitova, K.A. et al. Genetically isolated sympatric forms of threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, in Lake Azabachije (Kamchatka-peninsula, USSR). Environ Biol Fish 18, 241–247 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00004877

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