Contributions of sexual and asexual reproduction to population structure in the clonal soft coral, Alcyonium rudyi

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-126

  Mcfadden, Catherine S ^a  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcyonacean; Alcyonium rudyi; clonal reproduction; gene flow; genotypic diversity; larval dispersal; philopatry; population structure; soft coral

Indexed keywords

ALCYONIUM RUDYI;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOFT CORAL;

EID: 0030618418     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02393.x     Document Type: Article

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