Genetic variability is unrelated to growth and parasite infestation in natural populations of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4604-4616

  Pujolar, J M ^a   Bevacqua, D ^b   Capoccioni, F ^c   Ciccotti, E ^c   De Leo, G A ^b   Zane, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

European eel; Growth; Heterozygosity; Microsatellites; Parasites

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EEL; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FISH DISEASE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FISH DISEASES; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEMATODA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; BIVALVIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350764998     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04390.x     Document Type: Article

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