Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-214).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-214) Also available in print.

Tsang, Ling Ming . / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-104). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.i / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.vi / CONTENTS --- p.viii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.xii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- General Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review / Chapter 2.1 --- Molecular systematics --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Molecular markers as a tool for identification of cryptic species --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Molecular markers for delineating species and morphotypes --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- Molecular markers for identification of hybrids --- p.12 / Chapter 2.5 --- Phylogeography of the marine biota through Pleistocene glaciations --- p.14 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- "Cryptic Diversity of the Acorn Barnacle, Tetraclita squamosa Species Complex in East Asia" / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Sample collection --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- "DNA extraction, PCR and sequencing" --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Sequence analysis --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.23 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.28 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Genetic variations of Tetraclita squamosa --- p.28 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Identification of new species --- p.31 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Biogeography and distribution patterns --- p.32 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- "Lack of Genetic Differentiation among Acorn Barnacles Tetraclita japonica and Tetraclita formosana Populations in Mitochondrial COI, Control Region and Nuclear ITS1 Sequences" / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.35 / Chapter 4.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Samples collection --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- "DNA extraction, PCR and DNA sequencing" --- p.38 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Sequence analysis --- p.39 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Genetic divergence --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Phylogenetic and population genetic analysis --- p.42 / Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion --- p.48 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Molecular variation between Tetraclita japonica and T. formosana --- p.48 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Population structure in East Asia --- p.49 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Geographical variation in parietes color: environmental or genetic? --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Genetic Differentiation and Hybridization between T. japonica and T. formosana revealed by Amplified Fragments Length Polymorphism Analysis: Incipient Speciation in Glaciation Refugia? / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.54 / Chapter 5.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Sample collection --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- AFLP analysis --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Statistical data analyses --- p.61 / Chapter 5.3 --- Results --- p.63 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- AFLP pattern and genetic diversity --- p.63 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Genetic variation between the two species and among different populations --- p.63 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Assessing population clustering by Bayesian analyses and admixture analyses --- p.67 / Chapter 5.4 --- Discussion --- p.71 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Genetic differentiation and proposed subspecies designation --- p.71 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Evolutionary history of the two species in relation to Pleistocene glaciation --- p.72 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Hybridization between the two species and population structuring --- p.77 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- General Conclusions --- p.81 / References --- p.84

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