Genotyping the clonal population structure of a gorgonian coral, Junceella fragilis (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Ellisellidae) from Lanyu, Taiwan, using simple sequence repeats in ribosomal intergenic spacer

Zoological Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-301

  Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a,b   Wei, Nuwei Vivian ^a,b   Dai, Chang Feng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Genotypic diversity; IGS SSR; Junceella fragilis; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; ELLISELLIDAE; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA; JUNCEELLA FRAGILIS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0036396008     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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