The origin and maintenance of genetic variation in small populations : coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarki) as a model system

Genetic variation is widely recognized as a major component of species biodiversity, contributing greatly to the maintenance of adaptive potential in populations and their evolutionary response to change. Despite years of study and their obvious importance to evolution and conservation biology, h...

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Main Author: Costello, Allan
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30770