Hydrodynamic Facilitation and Constraint of Dispersal Between Isolated Habitats

Abstract

The specific goal of this AASERT project is to use molecular techniques to investigate phylogenetic questions within the anthozoans (phylum Cnidaria). The study focuses on current controversies over the ordinal divisions within the Subclass Octocorallia, and the subclass divisions within the Class Anthozoa. Full sequences of the 18S rRNA gene have been generated for over 50 specimens collected fresh or obtained preserved from museum collections. Analyses of octocoral sequences do not support the traditional taxonomic classification of this group at the ordinal and subordinal levels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 09, 1998
Accession Number
ADA353910

Entities

People

  • Lauren S. Mullineaux

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biology
  • Biotechnology
  • Classification
  • Cnidarians
  • Coral Reefs
  • Environment
  • Families (Human)
  • Genetic Structures
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genetics
  • Habitats
  • Information Operations
  • Marine Biology
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Population Genetics
  • Seamounts
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Molecular Genetics
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