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Outlier Loci Detect Intraspecific Biodiversity amongst Spring and Autumn Spawning Herring across Local Scales.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Bekkevold Dorte, Gross Riho, Arula Timo, Helyar Sarah J, Ojaveer Henn
Abstract excerpt
Herring, Clupea harengus, is one of the ecologically and commercially most important species in European northern seas, where two distinct ecotypes have been described based on spawning time; spring and autumn. To date, it is unknown if these spring and autumn spawning herring constitute genetically distinct units. We assessed levels of genetic divergence between spring and autumn spawning herring in the Baltic...
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