What molecular biology has to tell us at the species level in lichenized fungi

Lichenologist

Volumn 30, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 307-320

  Bridge, Paul D ^a   Hawksworth, David L ^b  

^a CABI   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; GENOME; LICHEN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

EID: 0032122253     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lich.1998.0145     Document Type: Article

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