Looking at both sides of the invasion: Patterns of colonization in the violet tunicate Botrylloides violaceus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 503-516

  Bock, D G ^a   Zhan, A ^a   Lejeusne, C ^a   MacIsaac, H J ^a,b   Cristescu, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

clonal genotypes; colonial ascidian; invasive species; isolation by distance; phylogeography; population genetics

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLOIDES VIOLACEUS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 78751673475     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04971.x     Document Type: Article

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