The great American schism: Divergence of marine organisms after the rise of the Central american Isthmus

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2008, Pages 63-91

  Lessios, H A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Molecular clock; Molecular substitution rate; Panama; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; DNA; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SALINITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CRUSTACEA; DIADEMA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES;

EID: 58149246729     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.38.091206.095815     Document Type: Review

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