Microsatellite variation reveals high levels of genetic variability and population structure in the gorgonian coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae across the Bahamas

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2211-2221

  Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Carla ^a,b   Lasker, Howard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gene flow; Gorgonian coral; Microsatellites; Population genetics; Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA ELISABETHAE;

EID: 3242706151     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02247.x     Document Type: Article

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