Determining gene flow and the influence of selection across the equatorial barrier of the East Pacific Rise in the tube-dwelling polychaete <it>Alvinella pompejana</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Comparative phylogeography recently performed on the mitochondrial <it>cytochrome oxidase I </it>(<it>mtCOI</it>) gene from seven deep-sea vent species suggested that the East Pacific Rise fauna has undergone...

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Main Authors: Plouviez Sophie, Le Guen Dominique, Lecompte Odile, Lallier François H, Jollivet Didier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/220