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Morphologically indistinguishable hybrid Carassius female with 156 chromosomes: A threat for the threatened crucian carp, C. carassius, L.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Knytl Martin, Kalous Lukáš, Rylková Kateřina, Choleva Lukáš, Merilä Juha, Ráb Petr
Abstract excerpt
The crucian carp Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758), is native to many European freshwaters. Despite its wide distribution, the crucian carp is declining in both the number and sizes of populations across much of its range. Here we studied 30 individuals of a putative pure population from Helsinki, Finland. Despite clear external morphological features of C. carassius, an individual was of a higher ploidy level...
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