The systematics of Australian Daphnia (Cladocera: Daphniidae). Electrophoretic analyses of the Daphnia carinata complex |
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| Authors: | John A H Benzie |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Population Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, P.O. Box 475, 2601 Canberra City, A.C.T., Australia;(2) Present address: Australian Institute of Marine Science, P.M.B. No. 3, 4810 Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Genetic variation at eleven allozyme loci was scored in approximately 1600 individual Daphnia. The samples included representatives of all nine taxa described from the D. carinata complex in Australia. Principal coordinates and cluster analyses revealed only three groups of genotypes within the complex, corresponding to the taxa D. cephalata, D. nivalis, and a conglomerate of all other taxa described from the complex, D. carinata (sensu lato). These results are consistent with recent multivariate morphological analyses of the complex. |
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| Keywords: | Cladocera Daphnia genetic variation Australia phylogeny |
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