Population genetics, phylogeography and speciation of Cystodytes (Ascidiacea) in the western Mediterranean Sea

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-214

  López Legentil, Susanna ^a,b,c   Turon, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Nested clade analysis; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CYSTODYTES; CYSTODYTES DELLECHIAJEI;

EID: 33744500226     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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