Testing the use of ITS rDNA and protein-coding genes in the generic and species delimitation of the lichen genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 357-372

  Truong, Camille ^a,b   Divakar, Pradeep K ^c   Yahr, Rebecca ^d   Crespo, Ana ^c   Clerc, Philippe ^a,b  

^a Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Lichen forming fungi; Parallel evolution; Protein coding genes; Ribosomal genes; Sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY;

ASCOMYCOTA; DOLICHOUSNEA; EUMITRIA; FUNGI; NEUROPOGON; PARMELIACEAE; USNEA;

EID: 84878109291     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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