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Connectivity, small islands and large distances: the Cellana strigilis limpet complex in the Southern Ocean.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2011
Reisser Céline M O, Wood Ann R, Bell James J, Gardner Jonathan P A
Abstract excerpt
The Southern Ocean contains some of the most isolated islands on Earth, and fundamental questions remain regarding their colonization and the connectivity of their coastal biotas. Here, we conduct a genetic investigation into the Cellana strigilis (limpet) complex that was originally classified based on morphological characters into six subspecies, five of which are endemic to the New Zealand (NZ) subantarctic...
Topics
- Animals
- Aquatic Organisms
- Cell Nucleus
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ecosystem
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Gastropoda
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases
- Molecular Sequence Data
- New Zealand
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography
- Population Density
- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique