Population structure of the Atlantic sand fiddler crab Uca pugilator along the eastern coast of US revealed by molecular data

Current Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-157

  Weese, David A ^a,b   McLain, Denson K ^a   Pratt, Ann E ^a   Fang, Quentin Q ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Atlantic sand fiddler crab; Decapoda; Gene flow; Molecular population genetics; SSCP; Uca pugilator

Indexed keywords

CELUCA PUGILATOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 68349154264     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/55.2.150     Document Type: Article

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