Variation in Symbiodinium ITS2 sequence assemblages among coral colonies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stat, Michael ^a   Bird, Christopher E ^a   Pochon, Xavier ^a   Chasqui, Luis ^b   Chauka, Leonard J ^c   Concepcion, Gregory T ^a   Logan, Dan ^d   Takabayashi, Misaki ^e   Toonen, Robert J ^a   Gates, Ruth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SYMBIODINIUM; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; JOINVILLEA ASCENDENS; MONTIPORA CAPITATA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 79251581848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015854     Document Type: Article

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