The combination of selection and dispersal helps explain genetic structure in intertidal mussels

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 947-958

  Zardi, G I ^a,b   Nicastro, K R ^a,b   McQuaid, C D ^b   Hancke, L ^c   Helmuth, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Bayworld   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeographic region; Gene flow; Genetic entities; Larval dispersal; Local adaptation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIVALVE; BODY TEMPERATURE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORTALITY; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 85027924248     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1788-9     Document Type: Article

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