More than one genotype: how common is intracolonial genetic variability in scleractinian corals?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2673-2685

  Schweinsberg, Maximilian ^a   Weiss, Linda C ^a   Striewski, Sebastian ^a   Tollrian, Ralph ^a   Lampert, Kathrin P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acropora; chimerism; microsatellite; mosaicism; Pocillopora; Porites

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ACROPORA FLORIDA; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ACROPORA SARMENTOSA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES; PORITES AUSTRALIENSIS; SCLERACTINIA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84930081359     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13200     Document Type: Article

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