Population structure is not a simple function of reproductive mode and larval type: Insights from tropical corals

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 713-724

  Miller, Karen J ^a   Ayre, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Larval dispersal; Microsatellite DNA; Population genetics; Sexual and asexual reproduction; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; AUTOCORRELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; DNA; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SELECTION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SPAWNING;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANTHOZOA; GONIASTREA FAVULUS; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYGYRA DAEDALEA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 44849139420     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01387.x     Document Type: Article

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