Fungal palaeodiversity revealed using high-throughput metabarcoding of ancient DNA from arctic permafrost

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1176-1189

  Bellemain, Eva ^a,g   Davey, Marie L ^a,b   Kauserud, Håvard ^a   Epp, Laura S ^a   Boessenkool, Sanne ^a   Coissac, Eric ^c   Geml, Jozsef ^d   Edwards, Mary ^e   Willerslev, Eske ^f   Gussarova, Galina ^a   Taberlet, Pierre ^c   Brochmann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g Spygen   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPHYTE; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPHYTES; FOSSILS; FUNGI; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INSECTS; PLANTS; SIBERIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; OTUS;

EID: 84875893142     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12020     Document Type: Article

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