Hypervariable regions (V1-V9) of the dinoflagellate 18S rRNA using a large dataset for marker considerations

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1035-1043

  Ki, Jang Seu ^a  

^a Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Dinoflagellate; DNA taxonomy; Hypervariable region; Nucleotide divergence

Indexed keywords

DINOPHYCEAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 84866109504     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-011-9730-z     Document Type: Article

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