Citation: | Laurent Legendre, Julie Rode, Isabelle Germon, Marie Pavie, Carla Quiviger, Maxime Policarpo, Julien Leclercq, Stéphane Père, Julien Fumey, Carole Hyacinthe, Patricia Ornelas-García, Luis Espinasa, Sylvie Rétaux, Didier Casane. Genetic identification and reiterated captures suggest that the Astyanax mexicanus El Pachón cavefish population is closed and declining. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(4): 701-711. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.481 |
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