Low levels of mitochondrial DNA variation among central and southern European Esox lucius populations |
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| Authors: | J.&# C. Nicod,Y. Z. Wang&dagger ,L. Excoffier, C. R. Largiadè r&Dagger |
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| Affiliation: | CMPG (Computational and Molecular Population Genetics Lab), Zoological Institute, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH‐3012 Bern, Switzerland and; School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | Low levels of mitochondrial DNA variation were observed among pike Esox lucius populations from major drainage systems of Europe. Populations from the Italian peninsula including southern Switzerland were genetically distinct from other samples. |
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| Keywords: | Esocidae mtDNA northern pike phylogeography stocking |
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