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Genetic divergence and assortative mating between colour morphs of the sea urchin Paracentrotus gaimardi.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2010
Calderón I, Ventura C R R, Turon X, Lessios H A
Abstract excerpt
Some species of sea urchins feature large variation in pigmentation. This variability may be the result of phenotypic plasticity or it may be associated with genetic divergence between morphs. Paracentrotus gaimardi exhibits five colour morphs (pink, brown, green, grey and black), which often occur side by side on the same rock. We studied genetic divergence between these morphs in three populations on the coast...
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