The phylogeographical and management implications of genetic population structure in the imperiled snuffbox mussel, Epioblasma triquetra (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 371-384

  Zanatta, David Thomas ^a,b   Murphy, Robert Ward ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Freshwater mussels; Microsatellite DNA; mtDNA; Population genetics; Postglacial redistribution

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMON ANCESTRY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DIVERGENCE; DOMINANCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POSTGLACIAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; EPIOBLASMA TRIQUETRA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 38049181696     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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