Partial β-tubulin gene sequences for evolutionary studies in the Basidiomycotina

Mycologia

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 468-474

  Thon, Michael R ^a   Royse, Daniel J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular evolution; Molecular systematics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BETA TUBULIN; GENE DUPLICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COLLETOTRICHUM GRAMINICOLA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; LENTINULA LATERITIA; LENTINULA TIGRINUS; PLEUROTUS;

EID: 0032994048     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761347     Document Type: Article

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