The ghost of hybrids past: Fixation of arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) mitochondrial DNA in an introgressed population of lake trout (S. namaycush)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Wilson, Chris C ^a   Bernatchez, Louis ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Introgression; Mitochondrial DNA; Salvelinus; Selection; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

CANADA; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

ARCTIC CHARR; HYBRIDIZATION; LAKE TROUT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0031597553     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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