Assignment of species rank to six reproductively isolated cryptic species of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l.-Acephala applanata species complex

Mycologia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-67

  Grünig, Christoph R ^a   Duò, Angelo ^a   Sieber, Thomas N ^a   Holdenrieder, Ottmar ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Divergence times; DSE; Fungal speciation; Gene trees; Population genetics; Root endopyhte; Species boundaries; Species tree analysis

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; DIVERGENCE; ENDOPHYTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

ACEPHALA APPLANATA; PHIALOCEPHALA FORTINII;

ELONGATION FACTOR 1; ENZYME; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; ENZYMES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TUBULIN;

EID: 44649148440     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.100.1.47     Document Type: Article

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