Genetic diversity and differentiation in a wide ranging anadromous fish, American shad (Alosa sapidissima), is correlated with latitude

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1558-1573

  Hasselman, Daniel J ^a   Ricard, Daniel ^a,b   Bentzen, Paul ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

American shad; clinal variation; latitude; microsatellites; population structure; reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISHES; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; NORTH AMERICA; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CLUPEIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 84875209092     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12197     Document Type: Article

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