The evolutionary history of the coral genus acropora (Scleractinia, Cnidaria) based on a mitochondrial and a nuclear marker: Reticulation, incomplete lineage sorting, or morphological convergence?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1315-1329

  Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^a   McDonald, Brenda J ^a   Willis, Bette ^a   Miller, David J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral; Interspecific hybridization; mtDNA; Nuclear DNA; Reticulate evolution

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; INVERTEBRATE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SCLERACTINIA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ACROPORA;

EID: 0034941931     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003916     Document Type: Article

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