On the unreliability of published DNA sequences

New Phytologist

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-48

  Bridge, Paul D ^a,b,c   Roberts, Peter J ^b   Spooner, Brian M ^b   Panchal, Gita ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Databases; DNA sequences; Fungi; Reliability; Ribosomal RNA; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMANITA; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; FUNGI; HELOTIALES; PHOMA;

EID: 0141522899     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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