Molecular phylogeny of some polychaete annelids: an initial approach to the Atlantic-Mediterranean speciation problem.

doi:10.1007/BF00171821

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Molecular phylogeny of some polychaete annelids: an initial approach to the Atlantic-Mediterranean speciation problem.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Nov 1992

Lenaers G, Bhaud M

Abstract excerpt

The polychaete Eupolymnia nebulosa (family Terebellidae) displays two alternative modes of reproduction. In the Mediterranean, larvae are brooded in a mucous mass while in the Atlantic and English Channel, larvae follow a plank-tonic development. This paper attempts to discern whether this differ...

Topics

Animals
Atlantic Ocean
Base Sequence
Genetic Variation
Mediterranean Sea
Molecular Sequence Data
Oceanography
Phylogeny
Polychaeta
RNA, Ribosomal
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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