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Genetic diversity of invasive species in the Great Lakes versus their Eurasian source populations: insights for risk analysis.
Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis - 1 Aug 2005
Stepien Carol A, Brown Joshua E, Neilson Matthew E, Tumeo Mark A
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Combining DNA variation data and risk assessment procedures offers important diagnostic and monitoring tools for evaluating the relative success of exotic species invasions. Risk assessment may allow us to understand how the numbers of founding individuals, genetic variants, population sources, and introduction events affect successful establishment and spread. This is particularly important in habitats that are...
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