Comparison of isozymes, rDNA spacer regions and MAT-2 DNA sequences as phylogenetic characters in the analysis of the Ceratocystis coerulescens complex

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 447-452

  Witthuhn, R Corli ^a   Harrington, Thomas C ^b   Steimel, Joseph P ^b   Wingfield, Brenda D ^c   Wingfield, Michael J ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ascomycetes; HMG box; ITS; Microascales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000533056     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761503     Document Type: Article

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