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Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2005
Van Oppen M J H, Mieog J C, Sánchez C A, Fabricius K E
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The presence, genetic identity and diversity of algal endosymbionts (Symbiodinium) in 114 species from 69 genera (20 families) of octocorals from the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the far eastern Pacific (EP) and the Caribbean was examined, and patterns of the octocoral-algal symbiosis were compared with patterns in the host phylogeny. Genetic analyses of the zooxanthellae were based on ribosomal DNA internal...
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