Unexpected cryptic species diversity in the widespread coral Seriatopora hystrix masks spatial-genetic patterns of connectivity

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2993-3008

  Warner, Patricia A ^a   Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^a,b   Willis, Bette L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

connectivity; coral; cryptic species; population genetics; Seriatopora

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; SERIATOPORA; SERIATOPORA CALIENDRUM; SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX; SYMBIODINIUM;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMPATRY;

EID: 84932156201     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13225     Document Type: Article

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