Intraspecific genetic admixture and the morphological diversification of an estuarine fish population complex.

The North-east American Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) is composed of two glacial races first identified through the spatial distribution of two distinct mtDNA lineages. Contemporary breeding populations of smelt in the St. Lawrence estuary comprise contrasting mixtures of both lineages, suggesting...

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Main Authors: Julian J Dodson, Audrey Bourret, Marie France Barrette, Julie Turgeon, Gaétan Daigle, Michel Legault, Frédéric Lecomte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4391849?pdf=render