Mitogenomic analysis of Montipora cactus and Anacropora matthai (cnidaria; scleractinia; acroporidae) indicates an unequal rate of mitochondrial evolution among Acroporidae corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 502-508

  Tseng, Ching Chih ^a   Wallace, Carden C ^b   Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a,c  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acroporidae; Mitochondrial genome; Slow evolution; Unequal rate of evolution

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EVOLUTION; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA TENUIS; ACROPORIDAE; ANACROPORA; ANACROPORA MATTHAI; ANTHOZOA; CACTACEAE; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; MONTIPORA; MONTIPORA CACTUS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 28444491989     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0499-x     Document Type: Article

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