Highly variable microsatellite markers for the fungal and algal symbionts of the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria and challenges in developing biont-specific molecular markers for fungal associations

Fungal Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 538-544

  Widmer, Ivo ^a   Grande, Francesco Dal ^a   Cornejo, Carolina ^a   Scheidegger, Christoph ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algae; Coevolution; Dictyochloropsis reticulata; Mycobiont; Photobiont; Population genetics; Specificity; SSR; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ALGA; COEVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENETIC MARKER; LICHEN; POPULATION GENETICS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHENS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; CHLOROPHYTA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; LICHENS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; DICTYOCHLOROPSIS RETICULATA; FUNGI; LOBARIA; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 77954175695     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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