Genotypic diversity and spatial-temporal distribution of Symbiodinium clones in an abundant reef coral

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5197-5212

  Pettay, Daniel T ^a   Wham, Drew C ^a   Pinzón, Jorge H ^a   Lajeunesse, Todd C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clade D; clonality; dinoflagellates; eastern Pacific; Gulf of California; Pocillopora; population genetics; spatial structure; Symbiodinium glynni; zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALIFORNIA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; POCILLOPORA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 82955233975     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05357.x     Document Type: Article

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