Molecular systematics of the bubblegum coral genera (Paragorgiidae, Octocorallia) and description of a new deep-sea species

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-135

  Herrera, Santiago ^a,b   Baco, Amy ^c   Sánchez, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubblegum octocoral; Deep sea coral; Paragorgia; Phylogeny; Seamount; Sibogagorgia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CORALLIIDAE; PARAGORGIA; PARAGORGIIDAE;

EID: 77149156309     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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