Species delimitation in Cladonia (Ascomycota): A challenge to the DNA barcoding philosophy

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1058-1068

  Pino Bodas, Raquel ^a   Martín, María P ^b   Burgaz, Ana R ^a   Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Lichenized fungi; Monophyletic probability of correct identification; Species identification

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; CLADONIA; FUNGI;

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LICHENIZED FUNGI; MONOPHYLETIC PROBABILITY OF CORRECT IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

DNA BARCODING; LICHENIZED FUNGI; MONOPHYLETIC PROBABILITY OF CORRECT IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885478987     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12086     Document Type: Article

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