Pleistocene glaciations and contemporary genetic diversity in a Beringian fish, the broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus (Pallas): Inferences from microsatellite DNA variation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-86

  Harris, L N ^a   Taylor, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beringia; Broad whitefish; Coregonus nasus; Phylogeography; Pleistocene glaciations; Post glacial dispersal

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIATION; HEADWATER; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; SALMONID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SALMONID;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONIDAE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COREGONUS NASUS;

EID: 72449140173     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01858.x     Document Type: Article

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