New insight into hybridization and unidirectional introgression between Ammodytes japonicus and Ammodytes heian (Trachiniformes, Ammodytidae).

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Jin-Koo Kim, Seung Eun Bae, Soo Jeong Lee, Moon Geun Yoon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Okhotsk; Pacific; Heian; okhotsk sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178001; https://doaj.org/article/104796a5b3ee4de88e0ea0718802c3eb

Based on northern (NOL) and southern (SOL) mitochondrial lineages, recently, it proposed the new species Ammodytes heian and revived the species name Ammodytes japonicus to describe sand lances from the northwestern Pacific Ocean. This study used molecular methods to investigate genetic relationship...