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Conservation genetics and demographic history of the endangered Cape Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas).
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2004
Saillant E, Patton J C, Ross K E, Gold J R
Abstract excerpt
We examined allelic variation at 22 nuclear-encoded markers (21 microsatellites and one anonymous locus) and mitochondrial (mt)DNA in two geographical samples of the endangered cyprinid fish Notropis mekistocholas (Cape Fear shiner). Genetic diversity was relatively high in comparison to other endangered vertebrates, and there was no evidence of small population effects despite the low abundance reported for the...
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