Suitability of methods for species recognition in the Phialocephala fortinii-Acephala applanata species complex using DNA analysis

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 773-788

  Grünig, Christoph R ^a   Brunner, Patrick C ^a   Duò, Angelo ^a   Sieber, Thomas N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dark septate root endophytes; DSE; Gene trees; Migration rates; Reproduction; Speciation; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

ACEPHALA APPLANATA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHIALOCEPHALA FORTINII; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

ACEPHALA APPLANATA; PHIALOCEPHALA FORTINII;

EID: 34249680236     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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