Latitudinal and intracolony ITS-rDNA sequence variation in the symbiotic dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

Phycological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-132

  Reimer, James D ^a   Takishita, Kiyotaka ^a   Ono, Shusuke ^b   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a   Tsukahara, Junzo ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Miyakonojo Higashi High School   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloning; Deletion; Holobiont; Symbiodinium; Zoanthid; Zoanthus; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA; GENOTYPE; HARBOR; PHYLOGENETICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KOKUBU; KYUSHU; SAKURAJIMA;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHUS; ZOANTHUS SANSIBARICUS;

EID: 33744479387     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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