Deep-level diagnostic value of the rDNA-ITS region

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1276-1295

  Hershkovitz, Mark A ^a,b   Lewis, Louise A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

5.8S; among site rate variation; eukaryotes; ITS; maximum likelihood; rDNA evolution

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; RNA 5.8S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0029974057     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025693     Document Type: Article

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