Eelgrass meadows in the California Channel Islands and adjacent coast reveal a mosaic of two species, evidence for introgression and variable clonality

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-87

  Coyer, J A ^a   Miller, K A ^b   Engle, J M ^c   Veldsink, J ^a   Cabello Pasini, A ^d   Stam, W T ^a   Olsen, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clonality; Eelgrass; Genetic structure; Introgression; Last Glacial Maximum; Seagrass; Z. marina; Z. pacifica; Zostera asiatica

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; SEA WATER; SPACER DNA;

CONNECTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; INTROGRESSION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEADOW; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; ZOSTERACEAE;

BAYES THEOREM; CALIFORNIA; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; ZOSTERACEAE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ZOSTERA ASIATICA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 37249040916     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm288     Document Type: Article

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