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Effects of Pleistocene climatic fluctuations on the phylogeographic and demographic histories of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii).
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2011
Liu Jin-Xian, Tatarenkov Andrey, Beacham Terry D, Gorbachev Victor, Wildes Sharon, Avise John C
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We gathered mitochondrial DNA sequences (557 bp from the control region in 935 specimens and 668 bp of the cytochrome b gene in 139 specimens) of Pacific herring collected from 20 nearshore localities spanning the species' extensive range along the North Pacific coastlines of Asia and North America. Haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity were high, and three major phylogeographic lineages (sequence...
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