Evolutionary mechanisms shaping the genetic population structure of marine fishes; lessons from the European flounder (Platichthys flesus L.)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3104-3118

  Hemmer Hansen, Jakob ^a,b   Nielsen, Einar Eg ^b   Grønkjær, Peter ^a   Loeschcke, Volker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barriers to gene flow; Environmental gradients; European flounder; Genetic population structure; Landscape genetics; Marine fish

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FLOUNDER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EVOLUTION; FLOUNDER; GENE FLOW; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PISCES; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 34447648405     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03367.x     Document Type: Article

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