Genetic variation in the green alga Caulerpa taxifolia

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Benzie, John A H ^a   Ballment, Elizabeth ^a   Chisholm, John R M ^b   Jaubert, Jean M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Algal genetics; Allozyme analysis; Caulerpa; Green algae; Marine algae; Molecular taxonomy; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING);

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GREEN ALGA; MORPHOLOGY;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS;

AUSTRALIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CAULERPA MEXICANA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA;

EID: 0033981920     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00068-6     Document Type: Article

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