Historical stocking data and 19th century DNA reveal human-induced changes to native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5194-5207

  Metcalf, Jessica L ^a,b   Love Stowell, S ^a   Kennedy, C M ^c   Rogers, K B ^d   McDonald, D ^a   Epp, J ^e   Keepers, K ^a   Cooper, A ^b   Austin, J J ^b   Martin, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Fish and Aquatic Conservation   (United States)

^d Aquatic Research Section   (United States)

^e Pisces Molecular   (United States)

Author keywords

ancient DNA; conservation genetics; greenback cutthroat trout; historical records; Oncorhynchus clarkii; phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCORHYNCHUS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCORHYNCHUS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII STOMIAS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84867686208     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12028     Document Type: Article

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