A PCR-based method for assaying molecular variation in corals based on RFLP analysis of the ribosomal intergenic spacer region

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 683-685

  Smith, C ^a   Chen, C A ^a,c   Yang, Hsiao Pei ^a,b   Miller, D J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Corals; Genotyping; Intergenic spacer; Octocorals; Scleractinians

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0030740886     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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