Palaeogenetics of western French sturgeons spotlights the relationships between Acipenser sturio and Acipenser oxyrinchus

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 382-393

  Chassaing, Olivier ^a,b   Desse Berset, Nathalie ^c   Duffraisse, Marilyne ^a   Hughes, Sandrine ^a   Hänni, Catherine ^a   Berrebi, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acipenser oxyrinchus; Acipenser sturio; Ancient DNA; Archaeological sturgeon bones; French Atlantic coast; Hybridization; Museum specimens; Sturgeons

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUSEUM; RANGE SIZE; RELATEDNESS; SAMPLING; SYMPATRY;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; EUROPE; FRANCE;

ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ACIPENSER STURIO; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 84872614511     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02785.x     Document Type: Article

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