Subtle population genetic structure in the Hawaiian grouper, Epinephelus quernus (Serranidae) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA analyses

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 449-468

  Rivera, Malia Ana J ^a,b,d   Kelley, Christopher D ^c   Roderick, George K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region; Hawaiian archipelago; Migration; Population growth; Population structure

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GROWTH;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS QUERNUS; HAWAIIA; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 1642279743     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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