Genetic evidence for reproductive isolation and multiple origins of sympatric trophic ecotypes of whitefish (Coregonus)

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 624-635

  Bernatchez, Louis ^a   Vuorinen, Jukka A ^b   Bodaly, R A ^c   Dodson, Julian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Coregonus; Evolutionary history; mtDNA; Speciation

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; PLEISTOCENE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION; WHITEFISH;

CANADA, YUKON, ALSEK RIVER; CANADA, YUKON, DEZADEASH LAKE; CANADA, YUKON, SQUANGA CREEK;

COREGONUS;

EID: 0029772614     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03873.x     Document Type: Article

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