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Evidence of stable genetic structure across a remote island archipelago through self-recruitment in a widely dispersed coral reef fish

Mark A. Priest^1,2,
Andrew R. Halford³,
Jennifer L. McIlwain³

Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.260

© 2012 The Authors. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

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University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Mangilao, Guam 96923
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Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, Australia.

^*Mark A. Priest, Red Sea Research Center, Building 2, Room 3221, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia. Tel: +966 544701570. E-mail: markandrewpriest@hotmail.com This study was funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's Federal Assistance in Sportfish Restoration Program (W07-1600-005).

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Issue published online: 13 DEC 2012
Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012
Received: 26 January 2012; Revised: 13 March 2012; Accepted: 15 March 2012

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