High levels of gene flow and low population genetic structure related to high dispersal potential of a tropical marine angiosperm

2009/07/28 by JK van Dijk, Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek, Karina Jiménez‐Durán +2 · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Marine and coastal plant biology #Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Biological dispersal #Propagule #Seagrass #Gene flow #Population genetics #Population #Genetic structure #Biology #Population biology #Ecology #Marine ecosystem #Ecosystem #Demography #Genetic variation #Gene #Genetics

paper · pdf · doi:10.3354/meps08190

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Abstract

Due to the fluid characteristics of the marine environment, long-distance dispersal (LDD) by oceanic currents is a likely scenario, and in general, the dispersal capacity of the free-living propagules of marine species is thought to be high. Therefore, marine populations, in comparison to terrestrial ones, are hypothesized to be more open with greater dispersal potentials (Carr et al.

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