Lack of geographic variation in anonymous nuclear polymorphisms in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1114-1118

  McDonald, John H ^a   Verrelli, Brian C ^b   Geyer, Laura B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allozymes; Crassostrea virginica; geographic variation; nuclear DNA; selection

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE; PANACEA;

EID: 0029858262     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025673     Document Type: Article

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