Restricted gene flow in the Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis: Implications for the recovery of endangered reefs

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-50

  Vollmer, Steven V ^a   Palumbi, Stephen R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; HAPLOTYPE; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FLORIDA; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34548391354     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esl057     Document Type: Article

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