• Resource polymorphism in European whitefish: Analysis of fatty acid profiles provides more detailed evidence than traditional methods alone 

      Thomas, Stephen M; Kainz, Martin J.; Amundsen, Per-Arne; Hayden, Brian; Taipale, Sami Johan; Kahilainen, Kimmo Kalevi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-20)
      Resource polymorphism—whereby ancestral generalist populations give rise to several specialised morphs along a resource gradient—is common where species colonise newly formed ecosystems. This phenomenon is particularly well documented in freshwater fish populations inhabiting postglacial lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.<br> However, knowledge on how such differential exploitation of ...