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Genetic divergence between morphological forms of brown trout Salmo trutta L. in the Balkan region of Macedonia.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Apr 2010
Lo Brutto S, Hristovski N, Arculeo M
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to characterize the genetic structure of two Balkan brown trout morphotypes, Salmo macedonicus and Salmo pelagonicus, and to test whether molecular traits support the species' status proposed by traditional morphological identification. The mitochondrial DNA 12S-rDNA, cyt b and control region genes were sequenced in 15 specimens collected from three localities in the Former...
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