Patterns of ancestry and genetic diversity in reintroduced populations of the slimy sculpin: Implications for conservation

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2379-2391

  Huff, David D ^a   Miller, Loren M ^a   Vondracek, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Genetic diversity; Genetic variation; Native fish conservation; Restocking; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DIVERGENCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEOST; TRANSLOCATION;

COTTIDAE; COTTUS COGNATUS;

EID: 78049405424     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0124-6     Document Type: Article

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