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Genetic evidence against panmixia in the European eel.
Nature - 22 Feb 2001
Wirth T, Bernatchez L
Abstract excerpt
The panmixia hypothesis--that all European eel (Anguilla anguilla) migrate to the Sargasso Sea for reproduction and comprise a single, randomly mating population--is widely accepted. If true, then this peculiar life history strategy would directly impact the population genetics of this species, and eels from European and north African rivers should belong to the same breeding population through the random...
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