A three-way contact zone between forms of Patella rustica (Mollusca: Patellidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 154-169

  Sá Pinto, Alexandra ^a   Baird, Stuart J E ^b   Pinho, Catarina ^c   Alexandrino, Paulo ^a,d   Branco, Madalena ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Genotypic clustering species' concept; Hybrid zone; Hybridization; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CONTACT ZONE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; SNAIL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYMPATRY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MOLLUSCA; PATELLA (GASTROPOD); PATELLA RUSTICA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 77952927093     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01405.x     Document Type: Article

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