Species relationships and population structure of Littorina saxatilis Olivi and L. tenebrosa Montagu in Ireland using single-strand conformational polymorphisms (SSCPs) of cytochrome b fragments

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-52

  Small, M P ^a   Gosling, E M ^b  

^a Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Ecotypes; L. saxatilis; L. tenebrosa; Periwinkles; Population genetics; SSCP

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR VARIANCE; ECOTYPE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HAPLOTYPE; IRELAND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; IRELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SNAILS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034001754     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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