Cryptic diversity in smooth-shelled mussels on Southern Ocean islands: connectivity, hybridisation and a marine invasion

Cryptic diversity in smooth-shelled mussels on Southern Ocean islands: connectivity, hybridisation and a marine invasion

Abstract Background Large numbers of endemic species inhabit subantarctic continental coasts and islands that are characterised by highly variable environmental conditions. Southern hemisphere populations of taxa that are morphologically similar to northern counterparts have traditionally been consi...

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Main Authors: Małgorzata Zbawicka, Jonathan P. A. Gardner, Roman Wenne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Mytilus
Southern Ocean
SNP genotyping
Introgression
Hybridisation
Falkland Islands
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-019-0332-y

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