Mazaedium evolution in the Ascomycota (Fungi) and the classification of mazaediate groups of formerly unclear relationship

Cladistics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-308

  Prieto, Maria ^a,b   Baloch, Elisabeth ^a,c   Tehler, Anders ^a   Wedin, Mats ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; FUNGUS; LICHEN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARTHONIOMYCETES; ASCOMYCOTA; CALYCIDIACEAE; CONIOCYBACEAE; EUROTIOMYCETES; FUNGI; LECANORINEAE; LECANOROMYCETES; LEOTIOMYCETES; MICROCALICIACEAE; PEZIZOMYCETES; PEZIZOMYCOTINA; SPHAEROPHORACEAE;

EID: 84877927805     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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