Fine-scale diversity and specificity in the most prevalent lineage of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium, Dinophyceae) of the Caribbean

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 459-469

  Santos, S R ^a,b   Shearer, T L ^a   Hannes, A R ^a   Coffroth, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Endosymbiosis; Flanking region; Microsatellite; Population structure; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CARIBBEAN REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; GORGONIA; GORGONIA VENTALINA; INVERTEBRATA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA BIPINNATA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA ELISABETHAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 0942300460     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02058.x     Document Type: Article

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