Genetic and morphological differentiation of the mangrove crab Perisesarma guttatum (Brachyura: Sesarmidae) along an East African latitudinal gradient

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-46

  Silva, Inês C ^a   Mesquita, Natacha ^a,b   Paula, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Hydrologic phenomena; Larval dispersal; MtDNA COI gene; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRAB; CYTOCHROME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EAST AFRICA;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PERISESARMA GUTTATUM; SCYLLA; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 73349109793     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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