Conservation genomics of Atlantic salmon: Variation in gene expression between and within regions of the Bay of Fundy

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1842-1859

  Vandersteen Tymchuk, Wendy ^a,b   O'Reilly, Patrick ^c   Bittman, Jesse ^a   MacDonald, Danielle ^d   Schulte, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d Mactaquac Biodiversity Facility   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Conservation; Gene expression; Genomics; Neutral genetic variation; Salmon

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NOVA SCOTIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SALMO SALAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 77951156913     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04596.x     Document Type: Article

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