Spatio-temporal genetic structure and gene flow between two distinct shell morphs of the planktonic developing periwinkle Littorina striata (Mollusca: Prosobranchia)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 155-163

  De Wolf, Hans ^a   Backeljau, Thierry ^b   Verhagen, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Gene flow; Littorina striata; Planktonic development; Shell morphology; Spatio temporal variation

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PERIWINKLE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA STRIATA;

EID: 0032510541     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163155     Document Type: Article

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