An integrated genetic-demographic model to unravel the origin of genetic structure in European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.)

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-533

  Andrello, Marco ^a   Bevacqua, Daniele ^a   Maes, Gregory E ^b   De Leo, Giulio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Demographic model; FST; Genetic differentiation; Sampling bias; Temporal differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958834755     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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