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Phylogeography and speciation of colour morphs in the colonial ascidian Pseudodistoma crucigaster.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2004
Tarjuelo I, Posada D, Crandall K A, Pascual M, Turon X
Abstract excerpt
Variation in pigmentation is common in marine invertebrates, although few studies have shown the existence of genetic differentiation of chromatic forms in these organisms. We studied the genetic structure of a colonial ascidian with populations of different colour morphs in the northwestern Mediterranean. A fragment of the c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) mitochondrial gene was sequenced in seven populations of...
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