Population Differentiation and Species Formation in the Deep Sea: The Potential Role of Environmental Gradients and Depth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Jennings, Robert M ^a   Etter, Ron J ^a   Ficarra, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CELL NUCLEUS; DEEP SEA; DEPTH GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FAUNA; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCULA ATACELLANA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAYES THEOREM; BIVALVIA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84884822694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077594     Document Type: Article

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