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Resolution of the taxonomic status of Chilean and Californian jack mackerels using mitochondrial DNA sequence
Author(s) -
Poulin E.,
Cárdenas L.,
Hernández C. E.,
Kornfield I.,
Ojeda F. P.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00514.x
Subject(s) - biology , disjunct , mitochondrial dna , phylogeography , evolutionary biology , zoology , cytochrome b , sequence (biology) , dna sequencing , gene , ecology , genetics , phylogenetics , population , demography , sociology
Phylogeographic reconstructions using mitochondrial DNA sequences from both the control region and the cytochrome b gene demonstrated that two disjunct populations be recognized as Trachurus murphyi and Trachurus symmetricus . The species have been isolated for at least 250 000 years.