A journey into the wild of the cnidarian model system Aiptasia and its symbionts

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4366-4368

  Voolstra, Christian R ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aiptasia; cnidaria; coral reefs; Symbiodinium; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883222148     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12464     Document Type: Review

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