Intraspecific diversity among partners drives functional variation in coral symbioses

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Parkinson, John Everett ^a   Banaszak, Anastazia T ^b   Altman, Naomi S ^a   LaJeunesse, Todd C ^a   Baums, Iliana B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COLD; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84945294410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep15667     Document Type: Article

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