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Cryptic divergence and strong population structure in the colonial invertebrate Pycnoclavella communis (Ascidiacea) inferred from molecular data.
Zoology (Jena, Germany) - 1 Jan 2008
Pérez-Portela Rocío, Turon Xavier
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We studied sequence variation in the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) for 135 individuals from eight Mediterranean populations of the colonial ascidian Pycnoclavella communis across most of its presently known range of distribution in the Mediterranean. Three haplotypes from Atlantic locations were also included in the study. Phylogenetic, phylogeographic and population genetic analyses...
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