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Genotypic diversity and spatial-temporal distribution of Symbiodinium clones in an abundant reef coral.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2011
Pettay Daniel T, Wham Drew C, Pinzón Jorge H, LaJeunesse Todd C
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Genetic data are rapidly advancing our understanding of various biological systems including the ecology and evolution of coral-algal symbioses. The fine-scale interactions between individual genotypes of host and symbiont remain largely unstudied and constitute a major gap in knowledge. By applying microsatellite markers developed for both host and symbiont, we investigated the intracolony diversity, prevalence...
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