Morphological and phylogenetic evidence for hybridization and introgression in a sea star secondary contact zone

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-384

  Harper, Fiona M ^a,b   Hart, Michael W ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asterias; MtDNA; Phylogeography; Statistical parsimony

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS FORBESII; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 34848925889     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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