Genetic analysis of sympatric char populations in western Alaska: Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) are not two sides of the same coin

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1609-1625

  Taylor, E B ^a   Lowery, E ^b   Lilliestrale A ^a,c   Elz, A ^d   Quinn, T P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Morphology; mtDNA; Reproductive isolation; Salvelinus; Sympatric populations

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SALMONID; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROUT; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FRESH WATER; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROUT;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS MALMA;

EID: 54049115982     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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