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A new Korean genotype of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus (Centrarchidae) covering the Korean Peninsula: insights for management of an introduced freshwater fish.
Genes & genomics - 1 Jan 2026
Jeon Kanghyun, Suk Ho Young, Hwang Ui Wook
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BACKGROUND: Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819—commonly known as the bluegill—is an invasive freshwater fish native to North America, first introduced to Japan in 1960 and subsequently to Korea in 1969. OBJECTIVE: To assess the diversity of L. macrochirus haplotypes in Korea using mtDNA ND1 and to examine how these haplotypes are distributed across the country, searching for evidence of new introductions or...
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