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Genetic and stable isotope analyses of threespine stickleback from the Bering and Chukchi seas

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. K. Morita (Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute) for generously providing samples, Drs. T. Kokita (Fukui Prefectural University), A. Ishikawa, K. Yoshida and M. Ravinet (National Institute of Genetics) for their helpful comments during this study, and two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments on the earlier version of the manuscript. We also thank the Institute of Environmental Ecology, IDEA Consultants, Inc. for stable isotope analysis. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP15H02418 to JK.

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Kume, M., Kitano, J. Genetic and stable isotope analyses of threespine stickleback from the Bering and Chukchi seas. Ichthyol Res 64, 478–480 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-017-0580-9

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