SNPs reveal previously undocumented non-native introgression within threatened trout populations

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1001-1006

  Pritchard, Victoria L ^a,c   Garza, John Carlos ^a   Peacock, Mary M ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alvord; Cutthroat trout; Hybridization; Lahontan; Oncorhynchus clarkii; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934443315     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-015-0712-6     Document Type: Article

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