Vicariance patterns in the Mediterranean Sea: East-west cleavage and low dispersal in the endemic seagrass Posidonia oceanica

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 963-976

  Arnaud Haond, Sophie ^a   Migliaccio, Marianna ^c   Diaz Almela, Elena ^b   Teixeira, Sara ^a   Van De Vliet, Mirjiam Susanne ^a   Alberto, Filipe ^a   Procaccini, Gabriele ^c   Duarte, Carlos M ^b   Serrão, Ester A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Contact zone; Genetic divergence; Glaciations; Mediterranean biogeography; Microsatellites; Pleistocene; Posidonia oceanica speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AUTOCORRELATION; CLONAL GROWTH; CONTACT ZONE; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GLACIATION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEAGRASS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VICARIANCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 34250867411     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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