Spatio-temporal population structuring and genetic diversity retention in depleted Atlantic Bluefin tuna of the Mediterranean Sea

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2102-2107

  Riccioni, Giulia ^a   Landi, Monica ^b,f   Ferrara, Giorgia ^b   Milano, Ilaria ^b   Cariani, Alessia ^b   Zane, Lorenzo ^c   Sella, Massimo ^d,e   Barbujani, Guido ^a   Tinti, Fausto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^e Istituto Italo Germanico di Biologia Marina   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Effective population size; Genetic structure; Large pelagic fishes; Thunnus thynnus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TUNA;

ALLELES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TUNA;

PISCES; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 76649110247     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908281107     Document Type: Article

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