Improved resolution of reef-coral endosymbiont (Symbiodinium) species diversity, ecology, and evolution through psbA non-coding region genotyping

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  LaJeunesse, Todd C ^a   Thornhill, Daniel J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Defenders of Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOLOGY; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONTIPARA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSBA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIODINIUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYLOGENY;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; MONTIPORA; SYMBIODINIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA PRIMERS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84555205188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029013     Document Type: Article

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