Multiple origins of high reciprocal symbiotic specificity at an intercontinental spatial scale among gelatinous lichens (Collemataceae, Lecanoromycetes)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1089-1095

  Otálora, Mónica A G ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a   O'Brien, Heath ^b,c   Molina, M Carmen ^a   Aragón, Gregorio ^a   Lutzoni, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collemataceae; Cyanolichens; Lichens; Mycobiont; Nostoc; Photobiont; RbcLX; Specificity; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LICHENS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOSTOC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LICHENS; MODELS, GENETIC; NOSTOC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; COLLEMATACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; LECANOROMYCETES; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 77954423555     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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