Genetic variation and population structuring in two brooding coral species (Siderastrea stellata and Siderastrea radians) from Brazil

Genetica

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-254

  Neves, Elizabeth Gerardo ^a,b   Andrade, Sónia Cristina S ^c   Da Silveira, Fábio Lang ^b   Solferini, Vera Nisaka ^c  

^a Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian reefs; Gene flow; Genotypic diversity; Population structure; Scleractinian corals; Siderastrea

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BRAZIL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; SIDERASTREA; SIDERASTREA RADIANS; SIDERASTREA STELLATA;

EID: 38349140161     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-007-9168-z     Document Type: Article

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