Molecular genetic analyses of species boundaries in the sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 420, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-90

  Knowlton, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Allozymes; DNA; Electrophoresis; Sibling species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FISH; GENE EXCHANGE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HYBRIDIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

GENETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONCEPT; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0034652521     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003933603879     Document Type: Article

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