Variation in the ribosomal internal transcribed spacers and 5.8S rDNA among five species of Acropora (Cnidaria; Scleractinia): Patterns of variation consistent with reticulate evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 465-473

  Odorico, D M ^a   Miller, D J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora; coral; internal transcribed spacer; rDNA; reticulate evolution

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 5.8S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYBRIDIZATION; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOGENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACROPORA CYTHEREA; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ACROPORA LONGICYATHUS;

EID: 0009520474     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025783     Document Type: Article

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