DOI 10.1007/s00227-004-1434-3 RESEARCH ARTICLE
Abstract The distribution and genetic structure of many marine invertebrates in the North Atlantic have been influenced by the Pleistocene glaciation, which caused local extinctions followed by recolonization in warmer periods. Mitochondrial DNA markers are typically used to reconstruct species hist...
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.421.19 http://gump.auburn.edu/halanych/lab/Pub.pdfs/Govindarajan2005.pdf |
Summary: | Abstract The distribution and genetic structure of many marine invertebrates in the North Atlantic have been influenced by the Pleistocene glaciation, which caused local extinctions followed by recolonization in warmer periods. Mitochondrial DNA markers are typically used to reconstruct species histories. Here, two mitochondrial markers [16S rDNA and cytochrome c oxidase I (COI)] were used to study the evolution of the widely distributed hydrozoan Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758) from the North Atlantic and the Pacific and, more specifically, in the context of North Atlantic phylogeography. Samples were collected from six geographic localities |
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