Multilocus genetic analyses differentiate between widespread and spatially restricted cryptic species in a model ascidian

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1737, 2012, Pages 2377-2385

  Bock, Dan G ^a   Macisaac, Hugh J ^a   Cristescu, Melania E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Botryllus schlosseri; Cryptic speciation; Golden star tunicate; Invasiveness; Range limit

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84864806705     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2610     Document Type: Article

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