A nuclear DNA basis for shelf- and bank-scale population structure in northwest atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): Labrador to Georges Bank

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1663-1680

  Ruzzante, D E ^a,b,c   Taggart, C T ^a,d   Cook, D ^a,e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Deptartment of Biology

^d Department of Oceanography ^*

^e Marine Gene Probe Laboratory

Author keywords

Bank scale population structure; Cod; Gadus morhua; Genetic distance; Genetics; Indel mutation; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0031742917     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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