Green mutant frequency in natural populations of Gracilaria domingensis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from Brazil

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-169

  Guimarães, Melina ^a   Plastino, Estela M ^a   Destombe, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Gracilaria; Green mutant; Pigment composition

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COLOR; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; POPULATION GENETICS;

BRAZIL;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA DOMINGENSIS; GRACILARIALES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0038582605     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0967026031000085878     Document Type: Article

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