Application of plastid and nuclear markers to DNA barcoding of Euro-Mediterranean oaks (Quercus, Fagaceae): Problems, prospects and phylogenetic implications

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 478-499

  Simeone, Marco C ^a   Piredda, Roberta ^a,b   Papini, Alessio ^c   Vessella, Federico ^a   Schirone, Bartolomeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerris; Ecology; Ilex; Phylogeny; Regional sampling

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DNA; GENETIC VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TREE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

FAGACEAE; ILEX; QUERCUS;

EID: 84880609589     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12059     Document Type: Article

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