Genetic differentiation and connectivity of morphological types of the broadcast-spawning coral Galaxea fascicularis in the Nansei Islands, Japan

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1457-1469

  Nakajima, Yuichi ^a   Zayasu, Yuna ^a   Shinzato, Chuya ^a   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a   Mitarai, Satoshi ^a  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cryptic species; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959545047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1981     Document Type: Article

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