Phylogeography of the crown-of-thorns starfish in the Indian ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Vogler, Catherine ^a   Benzie, John ^b   Barber, Paul H ^c   Erdmann, Mark V ^d   Ambariyanto, ^e   Sheppard, Charles ^f   Tenggardjaja, Kimberly ^g   Gérard, Karin ^h   Wörheide, Gert ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Indonesia Marine Program ^*  (Indonesia)

^e DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁱ BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERGLACIAL; LOWER PLEISTOCENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STARFISH;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STARFISH;

EID: 84865176073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043499     Document Type: Article

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