Retrospective coalescent methods and the reconstruction of metapopulation histories in the sea

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-315

  Marko, Peter B ^a   Hart, Michael W ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Extinction; F ST; Gene flow; Island model; Marine ecology; Mitochondrial DNA; Population genetics; Recolonization

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERGENCE; EXTINCTION; FISH; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAPOPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; RECONSTRUCTION; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ASTEROIDEA; GASTROPODA; HALIOTIDAE; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 84857356437     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9467-9     Document Type: Article

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