Article
Identifying and characterizing alternative molecular markers for the symbiotic and free-living dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Pochon Xavier, Putnam Hollie M, Burki Fabien, Gates Ruth D
Abstract excerpt
Dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium are best known as endosymbionts of corals and other invertebrate as well as protist hosts, but also exist free-living in coastal environments. Despite their importance in marine ecosystems, less than 10 loci have been used to explore phylogenetic relationships in this group, and only the multi-copy nuclear ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) regions 1 and 2 have...
Topics
- Algorithms
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Computational Biology
- Dinoflagellida
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Symbiosis