Biodiversity and phylogeography of Arctic marine fauna: insights from molecular tools

Marine Biodiversity - Tập 41 Số 1 - Trang 195-210 - 2011
Sarah L. Mincks1, Christina M. Carr2, Michael Hardman3, Dirk Steinke2, Erin A. Corstorphine2, Christopher L. Mah4
1University of Alaska, Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, PO Box 757220, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA
2Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
3Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P. Rautatiekatu 13, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
4Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 163, Washington, DC, 20013, USA

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