Transfer of intracolonial genetic variability through gametes in Acropora hyacinthus corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-87

  Schweinsberg, M ^a   Gonzalez Pech R A ^a   Tollrian, R ^a   Lampert, K P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acropora hyacinthus; Chimerism; Microsatellites; Mosaicism; Scleractinian coral

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893779709     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1102-5     Document Type: Article

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