BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Genetic population structure of sympatric and allopatric populations of Baltic ciscoes (Coregonus albula complex, Teleostei, Coregonidae)

Thomas Mehner1*, Kirsten Pohlmann1, Che Elkin2, Michael T Monaghan1, Barbara Nitz3,4 and Jörg Freyhof1

Author Affiliations

1 Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany

2 ETH Zurich, Forest Ecology, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland

3 Zoological State Collection, Münchhausenstr 21, 81247 Munich, Germany

4 Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstr 1, 85764 Munich/Neuherberg, Germany

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010, 10:85 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-85

Published: 29 March 2010

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Additional file 1:

Overview on pairwise θ between 10 populations of the Coregonus albula complex. Matrix of pairwise θ, as calculated by ARLEQUIN. Allopatric populations consist exclusively of C. albula. Sympatric populations are named by lake origin and the lake-specific species names.

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Isolation-by-distance model of Coregonus populations. Scatter plot between log10 direct geographical distances (km) and genetic distance (θ/1-θ) for the 10 populations of the C. albula complex in 8 lakes of north Germany (a), the eight C. albula populations in eight lakes at either allopatry or sympatry (b), and the six allopatric C. albula populations (c).

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