The extended phenotypes of marine symbioses: Ecological and evolutionary consequences of intraspecific genetic diversity in coral-algal associations

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Parkinson, John E ^a   Baums, Iliana B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Genotype interactions; Intraspecific diversity; Mutualism; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RECOGNITION; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIOSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84987819720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00445     Document Type: Article

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