Sturgeon genetics and cytogenetics: A review related to ploidy levelsand interspecific hybridization

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-103

  Miloš, Havelka ^a   Vojtěch, Kašpar ^a   Martin, Hulák ^a   Martin, Flajšhans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acipenser; conservation; molecular markers; polyploidy

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CHROMOSOME; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CYTOGENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION; FINFISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VULNERABILITY;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; CHONDROSTEI; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH);

EID: 79959423640     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v60.i2.a3.2011     Document Type: Article

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