Sequence Insertions and ITS Data Provide Congruent Information on Roccella canariensis and R. tuberculata (Arthoniales, Euascomycetes) Phylogeny

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-309

  Myllys, Leena ^a   Lohtander, Katileena ^a   Källersjö, Mari ^b   Tehler, Anders ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Molekylarsystematiska Laboratoriet   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internal transcribed spacers; intron transmission; introns; lichens; Roccella; sequence insertions; SSU rDNA; total evidence

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0033172949     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0620     Document Type: Article

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