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Data from: A test for within-lake niche differentiation in the nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius)

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Calboli, Federico C. F.; Byström, Pär; Merilä, Juha (2017). Data from: A test for within-lake niche differentiation in the nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius) [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j5q12

Abstract

Specialization for the use of different resources can lead to ecological speciation. Accordingly, there are numerous examples of ecologically specialized pairs of fish “species” in postglacial lakes. Using a polymorphic panel of single nucleotide variants, we tested for genetic footprints of within-lake population stratification in nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius) collected from three habitats (viz. littoral, benthic, and pelagic) within a northern Swedish lake. Analyses of admixture, population structure, and relatedness all supported the conclusion that the fish from this lake form a single interbreeding unit.

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Fennoscandia
Finland