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DNA variation in the phenotypically-diverse brown alga Saccharina japonica.
BMC plant biology - 11 Jul 2012
Balakirev Evgeniy S, Krupnova Tatiana N, Ayala Francisco J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Saccharina japonica (Areschoug) Lane, Mayes, Druehl et Saunders is an economically important and highly morphologically variable brown alga inhabiting the northwest Pacific marine waters. On the basis of nuclear (ITS), plastid (rbcLS) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequence data, we have analyzed the genetic composition of typical Saccharina japonica (TYP) and its two common morphological varieties,...
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