ITS, OTUs and beyond-fungal hyperdiversity calls for supplementary solutions

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2873-2875

  VrÅlstad, Trude ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; fungal biodiversity; fungal hyperdiversity; genetic markers; species complex; species delimitation

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOLOGY; FUNGI; GENETIC MARKERS; PHYLOGENY;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; OTUS;

EID: 79960088944     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05149.x     Document Type: Review

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