Estimation of nucleotide substitution rates in eurotiomycete fungi [2]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2318-2324

  Kasuga, Takao ^a   White, Thomas J ^b   Taylor, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CELERA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fungi; ITS; Molecular clock; Plectomycete; Synonymous substitution rates

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FUNGI;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036897707     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004056     Document Type: Letter

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