Asymmetric gene flow and the evolutionary maintenance of genetic diversity in small, peripheral Atlantic salmon populations

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 823-842

  Consuegra, Sofía ^a,d   Verspoor, Eric ^b   Knox, David ^b   García De Leániz, Carlos ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelic richness; Asymmetric gene flow; Atlantic salmon; Bottlenecks; Effective population size; Heterozygosity; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; SALMONID;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 30144444325     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9042-4     Document Type: Article

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