The smallest dinoflagellate genome is yet to be found: A comment on LaJeunesse et al. "Symbiodinium (Pyrrhophyta) genome sizes (DNA content) are smallest among dinoflagellates"

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 746-748

  Lin, Senjie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 33744498378     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00213.x     Document Type: Review

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