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Regal phylogeography: Range-wide survey of the marine angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus reveals evolutionary partitions between the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jul 2016
Coleman Richard R, Eble Jeffrey A, DiBattista Joseph D, Rocha Luiz A, Randall John E, Berumen Michael L, Bowen Brian W
Abstract excerpt
The regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus; family Pomacanthidae) occurs on reefs from the Red Sea to the central Pacific, with an Indian Ocean/Rea Sea color morph distinct from a Pacific Ocean morph. To assess population differentiation and evaluate the possibility of cryptic evolutionary partitions in this monotypic genus, we surveyed mtDNA cytochrome b and two nuclear introns (S7 and RAG2) in 547 individuals...
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