Implications of isolation and low genetic diversity in peripheral populations of an amphi-Atlantic coral

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4283-4297

  Nunes, F ^a   Norris, R D ^a   Knowlton, N ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coral; Genetic diversity; Montastraea cavernosa; Peripheral population

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA;

EID: 70349865050     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04347.x     Document Type: Article

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