Genetic differentiation of populations of the copepod sea louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer) ectoparasitic on wild and farmed salmonids around the coasts of scotland: Evidence from RAPD markers

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-274

  Todd, C D ^a   Walker, A M ^a   Wolff, K ^a   Northeott, S J ^b   Walker, A F ^b   Ritchie, M G ^a   Hoskins, R ^a   Abbott, R J ^a   Hazon, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Aquaculture; Larva; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Parasite; RAPD; Salmo salar; Salmo trutta; Sea lice

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECTOPARASITE; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RAINBOW TROUT; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SALMON;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS;

EID: 0030945305     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02696-2     Document Type: Article

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