Evolution of the soritids-Symbiodinium symbiosis

Symbiosis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-88

  Pochon, Xavier ^a   Pawlowski, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

"Zooxanthellae"; Foraminifera; Molecular phylogeny; rDNA; Soritacea; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLADISTICS; ENDOSYMBIONT; EOCENE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MIOCENE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; PROTISTA; SCYPHOZOA; SORITIDAE; SORITINAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 33846463763     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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