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Atlantic sturgeons (Acipenser sturio, Acipenser oxyrinchus): American females successful in Europe.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Mar 2007
Tiedemann Ralph, Moll Katja, Paulus Kirsten B, Scheer Michael, Williot Patrick, Bartel Ryszard, Gessner Jörn, Kirschbaum Frank
Abstract excerpt
Recent molecular data on the maternally inherited mitochondrial (mt) DNA have challenged the traditional view that the now extinct Baltic sturgeon population belonged to the European sturgeon Acipenser sturio. Instead, there is evidence that American sea sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus historically immigrated into the Baltic Sea. In this study, we test the hypothesis that A. oxyrinchus introgressed into, rather...
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