| molecular genetic evidence that dinoflagellates belonging to the genus symbiodinium freudenthal are haploid. | microscopic and cytological evidence suggest that many dinoflagellates possess a haploid nuclear phase. however, the ploidy of a number of dinoflagellates remains unknown, and molecular genetic support for haploidy in this group has been lacking. to elucidate the ploidy of symbiotic dinoflagellates belonging to the genus symbiodinium, we used five polymorphic microsatellites to examine populations harbored by the caribbean gorgonians plexaura kuna and pseudopterogorgia elisabethae; we also studi ... | 2003 | 12588740 |