Rarity and genetic diversity in indo-pacific acropora corals

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1867-1888

  Richards, Zoe T ^a,c   van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allelic richness; Conservation; Heterozygosity; Hybridization; Microsatellite; Population genetics; Small population; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884594016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.304     Document Type: Article

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