Morphological and genetic variation in Egregia menziesii over a latitudinal gradient

Botanica Marina

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-170

  Henkel, Sarah K ^a   Hofmann, Gretchen E ^a   Whitmer, Allison C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Egregia; Genetic divergence; Internal transcribed spacer; Kelp; Latitude; Morphology; Phenotype; Selection; Wave height

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); UPWELLING;

EGREGIA; EGREGIA MENZIESII;

EID: 34547891888     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2007.019     Document Type: Article

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