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Panmixia in the European eel: a matter of time...
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jun 2005
Dannewitz Johan, Maes Gregory E, Johansson Leif, Wickström Håkan, Volckaert Filip A M, Järvi Torbjörn
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The European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) has been a prime example of the panmixia paradigm because of its extraordinary adaptation to the North Atlantic gyral system, semelparous spawning in the Sargasso Sea and long trans-oceanic migration. Recently, this view was challenged by the suggestion of a genetic structure characterized by an isolation-by-distance (IBD) pattern. This is only likely if spawning...
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