Genetic isolation of populations of the gammaridean amphipod, Corophium volutator, in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 917-923

  Wilson, A B ^a   Boates, J S ^a   Snyder, M ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Corophium volutator; Genetic variation; Population structure; Random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD PCR)

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDEA;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

GENETIC ISOLATION; LIFE-HISTORY VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ATLANTIC, BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 0030609727     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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