Evidence of stock connectivity, hybridization and misidentification in white anglerfish support the need for adopting a genetics-informed fisheries management approach
I. Aguirre-Sarabia, N. Diaz-Arce, I. Pereda-Agirre, I. Mendibil, A. Urtizberea, H. D. Gerritsen, F. Burns, I. Holmes, J. Landa, I. Coscia, I. Quincoces, M. Santurtun, A. Zanzi, J. T. Martinsohn, N. Rodriguez-Ezpeleta
This study uses genetics to show white anglerfish have a single panmictic population, hybridize with black anglerfish, and face misidentification, supporting genetics-informed fisheries management.
bioRxiv · Feb 10, 2021Evolutionary Biology