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DNA variation and symbiotic associations in phenotypically diverse sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Oct 2008
Balakirev Evgeniy S, Pavlyuchkov Vladimir A, Ayala Francisco J
Abstract excerpt
Strongylocentrotus intermedius (A. Agassiz, 1863) is an economically important sea urchin inhabiting the northwest Pacific region of Asia. The northern Primorye (Sea of Japan) populations of S. intermedius consist of two sympatric morphological forms, "usual" (U) and "gray" (G). The two forms are significantly different in morphology and preferred bathymetric distribution, the G form prevailing in deeper-water...
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