Patterns of group I intron presence in nuclear SSU rDNA of the lichen family Parmeliaceae

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-195

  Gutiérrez, Gabriel ^a,d   Blanco, Oscar ^b   Divakar, Pradeep K ^b   Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^c   Crespo, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Group I introns; Lichenized fungi; Parmeliaceae; Phylogeny; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TAIGA;

ALGAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASCOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LECANORALES; PARMELIACEAE;

EID: 33846442007     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0313-y     Document Type: Article

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