A molecular phylogenetic analysis of reproductive trait evolution in the soft coral genus Alcyonium

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-67

  McFadden, Catherine S ^a   Donahue, Rachel ^a,b   Hadland, Brandon K ^a,c   Weston, Rebecca ^a  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcyonium; Cnidarian; Internal transcribed spacer; Larval development; Life history evolution; Molecular systematics; Ribosomal DNA; Sexual expression; Soft coral

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOFT CORAL;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONIUM; ALCYONIUM DIGITATUM; ALCYONIUM SIDERIUM; ALCYONIUM SP.; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035101595     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01272.x     Document Type: Article

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