Ribosomal DNA and resolution of branching order among the Ascomycota: How many nucleotides are enough?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 337-344

  Berbee, Mary L ^a   Carmean, David A ^b   Winka, Katarina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING ORDER; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PEZIZALES;

EID: 0034511264     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0835     Document Type: Article

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