Conserving marine biodiversity: Insights from life-history trait candidate genes in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 213-228

  Hemmer Hansen, Jakob ^a   Therkildsen, Nina Overgaard ^a,b   Meldrup, Dorte ^a   Nielsen, Einar Eg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Candidate genes; Conservation; Fisheries management; Life history; Marine fish

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GADOID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 84892848636     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0532-5     Document Type: Article

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