The origin of the cactus-yeast community

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-448

  Starmer, William T ^a   Schmedicke, Robert A ^a   Lachance, Marc André ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cactus yeast; Community origin; Phylogenetic mapping

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGHER PLANT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT STEM; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; YEAST;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA;

EID: 0038215519     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(03)00056-4     Document Type: Article

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