A study of osteological and molecular differences in populations of Aphanius fasciatus Nardo 1827, from the central Mediterranean (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae)

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1539-1550

  Tigano, Concetta ^a   Canapa, Adriana ^b   Ferrito, Venera ^a   Barucca, Marco ^b   Arcidiacono, Isabella ^a   Deidun, Alan ^c   Schembri, Patrick J ^c   Olmo, Ettore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; GENE FLOW; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SKULL;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MALTA; NORTH AFRICA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUNISIA;

APHANIUS FASCIATUS; CYPRINODONTIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33748421645     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0300-x     Document Type: Article

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