Applications of PCR-RFLPs for differentiating two freshwater sponges: Ephydatia fluviatilis and Ephydatia mülleri

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 605, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 265-269

  Gigliarelli, L ^a   Lucentini, L ^a   Palomba, A ^a   Sgaravizzi, G ^a   Lancioni, H ^a   Lanfaloni, L ^a   Willenz, P ^b   Gaino, E ^a   Panara, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

28S; 5.8S ITS2 28S; COI; Ephydatia fluviatilis; Ephydatia m lleri; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIOMOLECULAR METHODS; DISCRIMINATIVE ENZYMES; GEMMULES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION-RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (PCR-RFLP) ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS;

DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SCLERITE; SPONGE;

EPHYDATIA FLUVIATILIS; EPHYDATIA MUELLERI; SPONGILLIDAE;

EID: 41849137877     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9327-y     Document Type: Article

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