Growth rate correlates to individual heterozygosity in the european eel, Anguilla anguilla L.

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-199

  Pujolar, J M ^a   Maes, G E ^a   Vancoillie, C ^b   Volckaert, F A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Royaal BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Associative overdominance; Direct overdominance; Growth rate; Heterozygosity; Microsatellites; Selection

Indexed keywords

EEL; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HETEROZYGOSITY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13244254000     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00905.x     Document Type: Article

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