Is the 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer region a good tool for use in molecular systematics and population genetics? A case study in cyanobacteria

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1057-1069

  Boyer, Sarah L ^a   Flechtner, Valerie R ^a   Johansen, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Intergenic spacer region; Internal transcribed spacer; Phylogenetics; Population genetics; RRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTHRIX PARIETINA; COELODESMIUM WRANGELII; COLEODESMIUM WRANGELII; CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SCYTONEMA HYALINUM; TOLYPOTHRIX DISTORTA;

EID: 0034993578     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003877     Document Type: Article

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