Molecular characterization of the Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis Hupe 1854) demonstrates evidence for the occurrence of Mytilus galloprovincialis in Southern Chile

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1117-1121

  Toro, Jorge E ^a   Ojeda, Johana A ^a   Vergara, Ana M ^a   Castro, Grace C ^a   Alcapán, Angelica C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chilean blue mussel; Molecular markers; Mytilus; PCR; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; TAXONOMY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

MYTILUS CHILENSIS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 33746915650     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[1117:MCOTCB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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