Testing congruency of geographic and genetic population structure for a freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionoida) and its host fish

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 669-685

  Zanatta, David T ^a   Wilson, Chris C ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epioblasma; Geographic structure; Host parasite coevolution; Percina; Post glacial recolonization

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COEVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; PERCID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOLONIZATION; SURVIVAL;

ANHINGIDAE; BIVALVIA; EPIOBLASMA; EPIOBLASMA TRIQUETRA; ETHEOSTOMA; GLOCHIDIA; PERCINA; PERCINA CAPRODES; UNIONOIDA;

EID: 79751508639     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01596.x     Document Type: Article

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