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Genetic introgression between wild and stocked salmonids and the prospects for using molecular markers in population rehabilitation: the case of the Adriatic grayling (Thymallus thymallus L. 1785).
Heredity - 1 Sept 2004
Susnik S, Berrebi P, Dovc P, Hansen M M, Snoj A
Abstract excerpt
In the north Adriatic basin, a morphologically and genetically distinct lineage of grayling is found, designated as the Adriatic grayling. In Slovenia, the Adriatic grayling is restricted to the Soca river system, where it is critically endangered. The most pertinent threat is stocking with non-native, highly divergent Sava (Danubian) drainage stock, and this activity has been going on for more than four decades....
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