Cryptic diversity hides host and habitat specialization in a gorgonian-algal symbiosis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3330-3340

  Prada, Carlos ^a   McIlroy, Shelby E ^b   Beltrán, Diana M ^c   Valint, Daniel J ^b   Ford, Scott A ^b   Hellberg, Michael E ^a   Coffroth, Mary Alice ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

broadcast spawner; co evolution; depth; ecological speciation; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; EUNICEA; GORGONIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

CHLOROPLAST DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BROADCAST SPAWNER; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CO-EVOLUTION; CORAL REEF; DEPTH; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BROADCAST SPAWNER; CO-EVOLUTION; DEPTH; ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION; SYMBIODINIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAYES THEOREM; CARIBBEAN REGION; CELL NUCLEUS; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84903385147     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12808     Document Type: Article

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