Genetic evidence for a single stock of the deep-sea teleost Beryx decadactylus in the North Atlantic Ocean as inferred from mtDNA control region analysis

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 466-478

  Friess, C ^a   Sedberry, G R ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

Author keywords

Azores; Berycidae; Blake Plateau; Charleston Bump; Population structure; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FISHES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH CAROLINA;

BERYCIDAE; BERYX DECADACTYLUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79551529486     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02857.x     Document Type: Article

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