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Nuclear sequences reveal mid-range isolation of an imperilled deep-water coral population.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2009
Eytan Ron I, Hayes Marshall, Arbour-Reily Patricia, Miller Margaret, Hellberg Michael E
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The mitochondrial DNA of corals and their anthozoan kin evolves slowly, with substitution rates about two orders of magnitude lower than in typical bilateral animals. This has impeded the delineation of closely related species and isolated populations in corals, compounding problems caused by high morphological plasticity. Here we characterize rates of divergence and levels of variation for three nuclear gene...
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