Latitudinal variation in vertebral number has a genetic basis in the Atlantic silverside, Menidia menidia

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1796-1801

  Billerbeck, Jean M ^a   Ortí, Guillermo ^a   Conover, David O ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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MENIDIA MENIDIA;

EID: 0031442743     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-084     Document Type: Article

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