Elucidating the multiple genetic lineages and population genetic structure of the brooding coral Seriatopora (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) in the Ryukyu Archipelago

Coral Reefs

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 415-426

  Nakajima, Yuichi ^a   Nishikawa, Akira ^b   Iguchi, Akira ^c   Nagata, Tomofumi ^d   Uyeno, Daisuke ^e   Sakai, Kazuhiko ^b   Mitarai, Satoshi ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Okinawa Environment Science Center   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic differentiation; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite; Mitochondrial DNA; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL REEF; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; SERIATOPORA; SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX;

EID: 85015197396     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-017-1557-x     Document Type: Article

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