Geographic differences in species boundaries among members of the Montastraea annularis complex based on molecular and morphological markers

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 324-337

  Fukami, Hironobu ^a,b   Budd, Ann F ^c   Levitan, Don R ^d   Jara, Javier ^a   Kersanach, Ralf ^a,e   Knowlton, Nancy ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reef; Hybridization; Montastraea; Sibling species complex

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MONTASTRAEA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; MONTASTRAEA FRANKSI; MONTASTREA ANNULARIS; MONTASTREA FAVEOLATA; MONTASTREA FRANKSI; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 1642277987     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01648.x     Document Type: Article

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