Population genetics of the American eel (Anguilla rostrata): FST = 0 and North Atlantic Oscillation effects on demographic fluctuations of a panmictic species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1763-1776

  Côté, Caroline L ^a   Gagnaire, Pierre Alexandre ^a   Bourret, Vincent ^a   Verreault, Guy ^b   Castonguay, Martin ^c   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

American eel; conservation biology; demographic variation; fisheries; genetic diversity empirical; North Atlantic Oscillation; wildlife management

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANGUILLA (FISH); ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLASSIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION;

ALLELES; ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 84875338503     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12142     Document Type: Article

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