Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes

Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes

Dispersal and gene flow determine connectivity among populations, and can be studied through population genetics and phylogeography. We here review the results of such a framework for free-living marine nematodes. Although field experiments have illustrated substantial dispersal in nematodes at ecol...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in zoology 2013-01, Vol.10 (1), p.1-1
Hauptverfasser: Derycke, Sofie, Backeljau, Thierry, Moens, Tom
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Algae
Analysis
Biological diversity
Brackish
Connectivity
Cryptic species
Dispersal
Dispersal (Ecology)
estuaries
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
field experimentation
Gene flow
Genes
Genetic aspects
Genetic research
genetic techniques and protocols
genetic variation
Genetics
Genomes
habitat preferences
Habitats
Life history
Marine
Marine nematodes
Nematoda
Nematodes
Phylogeography
Population
Population genetics
Review
sediments
Sediments (Geology)
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Dispersal and gene flow determine connectivity among populations, and can be studied through population genetics and phylogeography. We here review the results of such a framework for free-living marine nematodes. Although field experiments have illustrated substantial dispersal in nematodes at ecological time scales, analysis of the genetic diversity illustrated the importance of priority effects, founder effects and genetic bottlenecks for population structuring between patches
ISSN:1742-9994
1742-9994
DOI:10.1186/1742-9994-10-1