Cohesive molecular genetic data delineate species diversity in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 500-519

  Sampayo, E M ^a,b   Dove, S ^a   Lajeunesse, T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral symbionts; Diversity; Species; Symbiodinium; Taxonomy; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; POCILLOPORIDAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 58549118469     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04037.x     Document Type: Article

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