Semi-permeable species boundaries in the coral genus Madracis: Introgression in a brooding coral system

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1072-1090

  Frade, P R ^a,b,c,d   Reyes Nivia, M C ^b,c   Faria, J ^b,e   Kaandorp, J A ^f   Luttikhuizen, P C ^b   Bak, R P M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coalescent theory; Coral symbiont associations; Disruptive selection; Gene exchange; Hybridization; Reticulate evolution

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; MADRACIS; MADRACIS DECACTIS; MADRACIS MIRABILIS; MADRACIS PHARENSIS; MADRACIS SENARIA; MIRABILIS; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 78649647835     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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