Assessing genetic stability of a range of terrestrial microalgae after cryopreservation using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 799-808

  Müller, Julia ^a   Day, John G ^b   Harding, Keith ^c   Hepperle, Dominik ^d   Lorenz, Maike ^a   Friedl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c DAMAR   (United Kingdom)

^d SequentiX Digital DNA Processing ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

AFLP; Algae; Cryopreservation; Culture collections; DNA methylation; Genetic stability

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MICROALGA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM;

ALGAE; PARACHLORELLA KESSLERI;

EID: 34250766829     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.5.799     Document Type: Article

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