Genetic subdivision in the subtidal, clonal sea anemone Anthothoe albocincta

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-163

  Billingham, M ^a,b   Ayre, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOTHOE ALBOCINCTA; ACTINIARIA;

CLONAL ORGANISM; DISPERSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEA ANEMONE; SUBDIVISION;

EID: 0029669512     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00350769     Document Type: Article

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