Article
Highly Connected Populations and Temporal Stability in Allelic Frequencies of a Harvested Crab from the Southern Pacific Coast.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Rojas-Hernandez Noemi, Veliz David, Riveros Marcela P, Fuentes Juan P, Pardo Luis M
Abstract excerpt
For marine invertebrates with a benthic adult form and a planktonic larva phase, the connectivity among populations is mainly based on larval dispersal. While an extended larval phase will promote gene flow, other factors such as an intensive fishery and geographical barriers could lead to changes in genetic variability. In this study, the population genetic structure of the commercial crab Metacarcinus edwardsii...
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