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The role of propagule pressure in the invasion success of bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus, in Japan.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2010
Kawamura Kouichi, Yonekura Ryuji, Ozaki Yuiko, Katano Osamu, Taniguchi Yoshinori, Saitoh Kenji
Abstract excerpt
The bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus, is a widespread exotic species in Japan that is considered to have originated from 15 fish introduced from Guttenberg, Iowa, in 1960. Here, the genetic and phenotypic traits of Japanese populations were examined, together with 11 native populations of the USA using 10 microsatellite markers and six meristic traits. Phylogenetic analysis reconfirmed a single origin of...
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