Highly localized divergence within supergenes in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) within the Gulf of Maine

Abstract Background Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), is known to vary genetically across the North Atlantic, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This genetic variation occurs both spatially and temporally through decades of heavy fishing, and is concentrated in three linkage disequilibrium blocks, previously d...

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Published in:BMC Genomics
Main Authors: Bryan T. Barney, Christiane Munkholm, David R. Walt, Stephen R. Palumbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-3660-3