Genetic diversity of Southern hemisphere blue mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) and the identification of non-indigenous taxa

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 898-909

  Westfall, Kristen M ^a   Gardner, Jonathan P A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hybridization; Lineage ancestry; Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers; Mytilus edulis species complex

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CHILE; NEW ZEALAND;

BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 78649432074     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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