How universal are universal rDNA primers? A cautionary note for plan systematists and phylogeneticists

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-156

  Moller M ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal transcribed spacer; Nucleolar organizer regions; PCR; Ribosomal DNA; Universal primers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005762061     PISSN: 09604286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096042860000010X     Document Type: Article

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