Population structure of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica as examined by mitochondrial DNA sequencing

Fisheries Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 246-253

  Ishikawa, Satoshi ^a   Aoyama, Jun ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a   Nishida, Mutsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Control region; Genetic variation; Japanese eel; Mitochondrial DNA; Nucleotide sequence; Population structure

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND; JAPAN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 0035039793     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2001.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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