Nuclear sequences reveal mid-range isolation of an imperilled deep-water coral population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2375-2389

  Eytan, Ron I ^a   Hayes, Marshall ^b   Arbour Reily, Patricia ^a   Miller, Margaret ^c   Hellberg, Michael E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilocus genotyping; Oculina; Oculina Banks; Population isolation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; OCULINA; SOLENASTREA HYADES;

EID: 65949087886     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04202.x     Document Type: Article

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