Article
Spatio-temporal population structuring and genetic diversity retention in depleted Atlantic bluefin tuna of the Mediterranean Sea.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Feb 2010
Riccioni Giulia, Landi Monica, Ferrara Giorgia, Milano Ilaria, Cariani Alessia, Zane Lorenzo, Sella Massimo, Barbujani Guido, Tinti Fausto
Abstract excerpt
Fishery genetics have greatly changed our understanding of population dynamics and structuring in marine fish. In this study, we show that the Atlantic Bluefin tuna (ABFT, Thunnus thynnus), an oceanic predatory species exhibiting highly migratory behavior, large population size, and high potentia...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animal Migration
- Animals
- Atlantic Ocean
- Ecosystem
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Mediterranean Sea
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Models, Genetic
- Population Density
- Population Dynamics