The role of genes in understanding the evolutionary ecology of reef building corals

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-335

  Palumbi, Stephen R ^a   Vollmer, Steven ^b   Romano, Sandra ^c   Oliver, Tom ^a   Ladner, Jason ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral; FST; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BIOASSAY; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84857363242     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9517-3     Document Type: Article

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