Genetic sub-structure and intermediate optimal outcrossing distance in the marine angiosperm Zostera marina

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 793-801

  Billingham, Martin R ^a,b   Simões, Tiago ^a   Reusch, Thorsten B H ^c,d   Serrão, Ester A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; SEAGRASS; SEED; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 34548126097     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0730-0     Document Type: Article

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