Employing of the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) methodology as an efficient population genetic tool for symbiotic cnidarians

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-357

  Amar, Keren Or ^a,b   Douek, Jacob ^a   Rabinowitz, Claudette ^a   Rinkevich, Baruch ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

AFLP; Molecular marker; Scleractinian corals; Stylophora pistillata; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR MARKERS; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIOTIC CNIDARIANS;

BIOMARKERS; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MARINE BIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

POLYMORPHISM;

CORAL; DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; SYMBIOSIS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENETICS; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYMBIOSIS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; GENETICS, POPULATION; LARVA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; SCLERACTINIA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 44949221329     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-007-9069-2     Document Type: Article

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