ITS2 secondary structure and phylogeny of cyst-forming nematodes of the genus Heterodera (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae)

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 182-193

  Ma, Hongwei ^a   Overstreet, Robin M ^a   Subbotin, Sergei A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cyst forming nematode; Heterodera; Homology modeling; Internal transcribed spacer 2; Phylogeny; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CYST; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOMOLOGY; MODELING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EUKARYOTA; HETERODERA; HETERODERIDAE; NEMATODA; TYLENCHIDA;

EID: 48449097934     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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