Examining new phylogenetic markers to uncover the evolutionary history of early-diverging fungi: Comparing MCM7, TSR1 and rRNA genes for single- and multi-gene analyses of the Kickxellomycotina

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-125

  Tretter, E D ^a   Johnson, E M ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Kandel, P ^a   White, M M ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA replication licensing factor; Harpellales; Kickxellomycotina; MCM7; MS277; MS456; Ribosomal biogenesis protein; Trichomycetes; TSR1; Zygomycota

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HARPELLALES; MUCORALES; ORPHELLA; RAMICANDELABER; SPIROMYCES; TRICHOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 84875843276     PISSN: 00315850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3767/003158513X666394     Document Type: Article

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