Author: "Rocha, Luiz A." / Publication Year: 2005 / Subject: Indian Ocean and census data

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Author:: ROCHA, LUIZ A., et al. ; ROBERTSON, D. ROSS; ROCHA, CLAUDIA R.; TASSELL, JAMES L.; CRAIG, MATTHEW T.; BOWEN, BRIAN W.; Show all 6 Authors
Source:: Molecular ecology 2005 v.14 no.13 pp. 3921-3928
ISSN:: 0962-1083
Subject:: Gobiidae; anatomy and morphology; census data; coral reefs; cytochrome b; fish; global warming; mitochondrial DNA; phylogeny; Atlantic Ocean; Indian Ocean
Abstract:: ... The last tropical connection between Atlantic and Indian-Pacific habitats closed c. 2 million years ago (Ma), with the onset of cold-water upwelling off southwestern Africa. Yet comparative morphology indicates more recent connections in several taxa, including reef-associated gobies (genus Gnatholepis). Coalescence and phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome b sequences demonstrate that Gnathol ...
DOI:: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02698.x
PubMed:: 16262848
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02698.x