Incongruence between morphotypes and genetically delimited species in the coral genus <it>Stylophora</it>: phenotypic plasticity, morphological convergence, morphological stasis or interspecific hybridization?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Morphological data suggest that, unlike most other groups of marine organisms, scleractinian corals of the genus <it>Stylophora </it>are more diverse in the western Indian Ocean and in the Red Sea than in the central Indo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-10-01
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Series: | BMC Ecology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/11/22 |