RNA/DNA ratios in american glass eels (anguilla rostrata): Evidence for latitudinal variation in physiological status and constraints to oceanic migration?

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 875-884

  Laflamme, Simon ^a   Côté, Caroline ^a   Gagnaire, Pierre Alexandre ^a   Castonguay, Martin ^b   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eel; Fish; Migration; Phenotypic plasticity; RNA DNA ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875368323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.212     Document Type: Article

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