Duplication of the ribosomal gene cluster in the marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii correlates with ITS polymorphism

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 443-449

  Hui, Jerome H L ^a   Kortchagina, Natalia ^a   Arendt, Detlev ^b   Balavoine, Guillaume ^c   Ferrier, David E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYCHAETE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANNELIDA; PLATYNEREIS DUMERILII; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34247478205     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540705566X     Document Type: Article

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