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Interspecific hybridization and restricted trans-Pacific gene flow in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Pocillopora.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2008
Combosch David J, Guzman Hector M, Schuhmacher Helmut, Vollmer Steven V
Abstract excerpt
Coral reefs in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) are among the most isolated in the world. This isolation has resulted in relatively low species diversity but comparatively high endemism. The dominant reef-building corals of the TEP are the Pocillopora corals, a ubiquitous Indo-Pacific genus commonly regarded as inferior reef-builder. In addition to being the dominant reef-builders in the TEP, the Pocilloporids...
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