An expanded multilocus phylogeny does not resolve morphological species within the small-spored Alternaria species complex

Mycologia

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-109

  Andrew, M ^a   Peever, T L ^a   Pryor, B M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Population level systematics; Small spored Alternaria species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FRANCE; ITALY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA ARBORESCENS; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; CITRUS; FUNGI; JUGLANS; JUGLANS MAJOR; PISTACIA VERA;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ALTERNARIA; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 64049118033     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/08-135     Document Type: Article

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