Extreme neutral genetic and morphological divergence supports classification of Adriatic three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations as distinct conservation units

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1055-1066

  Cano, José Manuel ^a   Mäkinen, Hannu Sakari ^a   Leinonen, Tuomas ^a   Freyhof, Jörg ^b   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; ESU; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Microsatellites; Morphology; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DIVERGENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TELEOST;

BALKANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; NERETVA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 41849106400     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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