Global population structure of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, inferred from allozyme and mitochondrial DNA variation

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 566-575

  Ward, Robert D ^a   Elliott, Nicholas G ^a   Innes, Bronwyn H ^a   Smolenski, Adam J ^a   Grewe, Peter M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; GLOBAL-SCALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK STRUCTURE; YELLOWFIN TUNA;

ATLANTIC; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC;

THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 0030839169     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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