12135, RE: Declaring Clear Lake Hitch Threatened or Endangered Posted by MountainBass, Sat Dec-15-12 04:08 PM
Here is at a gene sequence from clear lake hitch that I found on Genbank. There are more. Im not sure why he thinks they are introgressed? I haven't read that anywhere?
/organism="Lavinia exilicauda" /mol_type="genomic DNA" /strain="Clear Lake" 1 ggcgcttgca ggtactccga ttacccgggc cgatggtgca attgttggtg ttcaatgcca 61 ttatcaaagg taggggatct ctgngacytt ctgcactttc tcgtgnaact gggagnccat 121 ttaatgggta ctttcatgaa ccgcaggctc caaaatgtaa gcagtgatgc cttgaggcca 181 acatgggtcc cttatgcctc aacakaggct ggtgaa
There is pretty good evidence that this is a unique species. Differences in the gill arches that would make sense for a more lake-oriented feeding habit as they are used in filering algea and plankton, and a deeper body, also often associated with slow and still-water environments.
Lastly...someone find me a good definition of a subspecies :)
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