Cryptic divergence and strong population structure in the colonial invertebrate Pycnoclavella communis (Ascidiacea) inferred from molecular data

Zoology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-178

  Pérez Portela, Rocío ^a   Turon, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

COI; Free swimming larvae; Microsatellites; Restricted dispersal; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; INBREEDING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; INBREEDING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; UROCHORDATA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PYCNOCLAVELLA;

EID: 39849109955     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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