Cryptic sex in Symbiodinium (alveolata, dinoflagellata) is supported by an inventory of meiotic genes

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 322-327

  Chi, Jingyun ^a   Parrow, Matthew W ^b   Dunthorn, Micah ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexuality; coral reefs; dinoflagellates; meiosis symbiosis; zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GENE; INVENTORY; KARYOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RECOMBINATION; SYMBIONT; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ALVEOLATA; BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALVEOLATA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84899548835     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12110     Document Type: Article

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