Testing the applicability of molecular genetic markers to population analyses of scleractinian corals

Symbiosis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-261

  Ridgway, Tyrone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

COI; Coral reefs; ITS; Pocillopora verrucosa; Pocilloporin; Population genetics; Scleractinian corals

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANTHOZOA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; INVERTEBRATA; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; POCILLOPORA VERRUCOSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0036950175     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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