A 'fair go'* for coral hybridization

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 805-807

  Miller, David J ^a   Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hybridization; Introgression; Reticulate evolution; Scleractinia; Species boundaries; Species concepts

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0037800446     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01808.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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