Phylogeography and morphological variation of the branching octocoral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Carla ^a   Barbeitos, Marcos S ^b   Sánchez, Juan A ^c   Lasker, Howard R ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Genetic variation; ITS; Octocoral; Phenotypic variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARIBBEAN REGION; FLORIDA; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANTHOZOA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA ELISABETHAE;

EID: 57749189590     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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