Molecular genetic variation and population structure in morphologically differentiated cave and surface populations of the freshwater amphipod Gammarus minus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1932-1945

  Carlini, David B ^a   Manning, John ^a   Sullivan, Patrick G ^a   Fong, Daniel W ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Caves; Genetic variation; Phylogeography; Population structure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS MINUS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 65549148934     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04161.x     Document Type: Article

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