Historical Decline in the Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica in Northern Taiwan Inferred from Temporal Genetic Variations

Zoological Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 556-563

  Tseng, Mei Chen ^a   Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a   Lee, Sin Che ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Genetic diversity; Japanese eel; Microsatellite; Population decline

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA; TRANSPOSONS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346901122     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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