The landscape genetics of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in a large fluvial ecosystem

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1702-1717

  Leclerc, Émilie ^a   Mailhot, Yves ^b   Mingelbier, Marc ^b   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fish; Isolation by distance; Landscape genetics; Microsatellite DNA; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PERCH; RIVER;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PERCHES; QUEBEC; RIVERS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 41149141911     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03710.x     Document Type: Article

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