Electrophoretic identification of poritid species (Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

Electrophoretic surveys of 13 enzyme-coding loci distinguished unambiguously five morphologically defined species of Porites and two species of Goniopora. Each species was identifiable solely by unique, qualitative banding patterns at 1-6 loci. Genetic distances give preliminary estimates that these...

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Published in:Coral reefs 1994, Vol.13 (1), p.49-56
Main Authors: GARTHWAITE, R. L, POTTS, D. C, VERON, J. E. N, DONE, T. J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthozoa
Biological and medical sciences
Cnidaria. Ctenaria
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Goniopora
Invertebrates
Marine
Porites
Scleractinia
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Summary:Electrophoretic surveys of 13 enzyme-coding loci distinguished unambiguously five morphologically defined species of Porites and two species of Goniopora. Each species was identifiable solely by unique, qualitative banding patterns at 1-6 loci. Genetic distances give preliminary estimates that these Porites species diverged from common ancestors 8-22 Ma during the Miocene, and that the two Goniopora species diverged about 3.5 Ma in the Pliocene, assuming Porites evolved from Goniopora 55 million years ago (Ma).
ISSN:0722-4028
1432-0975
DOI:10.1007/BF00426435