Demographic and genetic factors shaping contemporary metapopulation effective size and its empirical estimation in salmonid fish

Heredity

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 444-455

  Palstra, F P ^a,b   Ruzzante, D E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Gadus morhua; gasterosteus aculeatus; gene flow; marine fish; metapopulation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SALMO SALAR;

GADUS MORHUA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 80054800117     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.31     Document Type: Article

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