Universal primers for amplification of mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal RNA-encoding gene in scleractinian corals

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-153

  Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a   Yu, Jr Kai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acropora; Mitochondrial; Slow divergence; Small subunit ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; GENETIC VARIANCE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

METRIDIUM SENILE; SARCOPHYTON GLAUCUM;

EID: 0034083468     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101269900018     Document Type: Article

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