Little impact of hatchery supplementation that uses native broodstock on the genetic structure and diversity of steelhead trout revealed by a large-scale spatio-temporal microsatellite survey

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 763-782

  Gow, Jennifer L ^a   Tamkee, Patrick ^a   Heggenes, Jan ^a,b   Wilson, Greg A ^c   Taylor, Eric B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Gene flow; Genetic drift; Historical DNA samples; Microsatellite DNA; Native broodstock; Salmonid; Temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255143938     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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