Genetic homogeneity among breeding grounds and nursery areas of an exploited Lake Malawi cichlid fish

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1823-1831

  Genner, Martin J ^a,b   Nichols, Paul ^c   Shaw, Paul W ^d   Carvalho, Gary R ^e   Robinson, Rosanna L ^e   Turner, George F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fishing; Haplochromine cichlids; Microsatellite DNA; Migration; Population genetics; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; RHAMPHOCHROMIS LONGICEPS;

EID: 49649100872     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02004.x     Document Type: Article

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