Microsatellite loci for assessing genetic diversity, dispersal and clonality of coral symbionts in 'stress-tolerant' clade D Symbiodinium

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1022-1025

  Pettay, Daniel T ^a   Lajeunesse, Todd C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clade D; Coral; Microbial speciation; Microsatellites; Symbiodinium; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 65249087334     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02561.x     Document Type: Article

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