Low genetic differentiation between isolated populations of the colonial ascidian Symplegma rubra Monniot, C. 1972

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 807-815

  Dias, Gustavo Muniz ^a   Lembo Duarte, Luiz Francisco ^a   Solferini, Vera Nisaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; INVERTEBRATE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; SYMPLEGMA RUBRA;

EID: 31844449364     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0111-5     Document Type: Article

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