Genetic diversity and differentiation in a wide ranging anadromous fish, American shad (Alosa sapidissima), is correlated with latitude.

doi:10.1111/mec.12197

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Genetic diversity and differentiation in a wide ranging anadromous fish, American shad (Alosa sapidissima), is correlated with latitude.

Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2013

Hasselman Daniel J, Ricard Daniel, Bentzen Paul

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Studies that span entire species ranges can provide insight into the relative roles of historical contingency and contemporary factors that influence population structure and can reveal patterns of genetic variation that might otherwise go undetected. American shad is a wide ranging anadromous cl...

Topics

Animals
Bayes Theorem
Cluster Analysis
Fishes
Gene Flow
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Microsatellite Repeats
Models, Genetic
North America
Reproduction
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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