Symbiodinium (Pyrrhophyta) genome sizes (DNA content) are smallest among dinoflagellates

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 880-886

  LaJeunesse, Todd C ^a   Lambert, Georgina ^b   Andersen, Robert A ^c   Coffroth, Mary Alice ^d   Galbraith, David W ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

C values; Dinoflagellates; Genome size; Symbiodinium; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME;

ACTINIARIA; ALEXANDRIUM; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; GORGONACEA; KARENIA; PFIESTERIA; PROROCENTRUM; SCLERACTINIA; SCYPHOZOA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 23944440377     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.2005.04231.x     Document Type: Article

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