Karyology of a marine non-motile dinoflagellate, Pyrocystis lunula

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 289-296

  Kyung, Suk Seo ^a   Fritz, Lawrence ^b  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome; DNA content; Karyology; Pyrocystis lunula; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; LIFE CYCLE; MICROORGANISMS;

DNA CONTENT; KARYOLOGY; PYROCYSTIS LUNULA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHROMOSOME; DNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

DINOPHYCEAE; PYROCYSTIS; PYROCYSTIS LUNULA;

EID: 33646693863     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0017-3     Document Type: Article

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