Population structure and phylogeography in Nassau grouper (epinephelus striatus), a mass-aggregating marine fish

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Jackson, Alexis M ^a   Semmens, Brice X ^b   De Mitcheson, Yvonne Sadovy ^c   Nemeth, Richard S ^d   Heppell, Scott A ^e   Bush, Phillippe G ^f   Aguilar Perera, Alfonso ^g   Claydon, John A B ^h   Calosso, Marta C ^h   Sealey, Kathleen S ⁱ   Schärer, Michelle T ^j   Bernardi, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Protection and Conservation Unit Cayman Islands Department of the Environment   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^h Center for Marine Resource Studies   (Turks and Caicos Islands)

ⁱ University of Miami   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPINEPHELUS STRIATUS; FISH; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVA; MARINE SPECIES; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAWNING; ANIMAL; CARIBBEAN; DNA SEQUENCE; FISHERY; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FISHERIES; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84901261705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097508     Document Type: Article

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