Fifteen new microsatellite markers for the reef coral Favia fragum and a new Symbiodinium microsatellite

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 870-873

  Carlon, David B ^a   Lippé, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

B184; Inbreeding; Mating systems; Null alleles; Population structure; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; FAVIA FRAGUM; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 47249161987     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02095.x     Document Type: Article

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