Mitochondrial gene variation in Mercenaria clam sibling species reveals a relict secondary contact zone in the western Gulf of Mexico

Marine Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 675-683

  Foighil, D O ^a,b   Hilbish, T J ^a   Showman, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLAM; CONTACT ZONE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; SECONDARY CONTACT; SIBLING SPECIES; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

GULF OF MEXICO;

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA CAMPECHIENSIS; MERCENARIA CAMPECHIENSIS TEXANA;

EID: 0030301326     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00351334     Document Type: Article

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