Evidence of a biogeographic break between populations of a high dispersal starfish: Congruent regions within the Indo-West Pacific defined by color morphs, mtDNA, and allozyme data

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-99

  Williams, S T ^a,b,c   Benzie, J A H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Asteroidea; Indo West Pacific biogeography; Larval dispersal; Linckia laevigata; PCR RFLP; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND;

COLOUR MORPH; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; STARFISH; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

(WEST); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LINCKIA LAEVIGATA;

EID: 0031954468     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb05141.x     Document Type: Review

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