A new publication: genetic analysis of the Balkan minnow

A new paper has been recently published in MPE, in which we studied phylogeography of minnow (genus Phoxinus) populations in the Balkan Peninsula - not in the Western Europe, but in the Balkan Peninsula, using molecular methods.

Some highlights of the paper:

• Highly divergent genetic clades of Phoxinus were detected in the western Balkans.
• The two species view (Danubian P. phoxinus and Adriatic P. lumaireul), proposed by morphologists, was not supported.
• Revision of Phoxinus classification in the studied area is suggested.
• The clades extend along the Adriatic area crossing the main watershed boundaries.
• Specific genetic signatures point to the possibility of underground fish dispersion.

>Minnow from the Skadar drainage (Rijeka Crnojevića, Montenegro)