Phylogeography of a pan-Atlantic abyssal protobranch bivalve: Implications for evolution in the Deep Atlantic

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 829-843

  Etter, Ron J ^a   Boyle, Elizebth E ^a   Glazier, Amanda ^a   Jennings, Robert M ^a   Dutra, Ediane ^a   Chase, Mike R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological genetics; molecular evolution; Molluscs; phylogeography

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIVALVE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BIVALVIA; LEDELLA ULTIMA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79551665526     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04978.x     Document Type: Article

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