Molecular phylogeny and symbiotic selectivity of the green algal genus Dictyochloropsis s.l. (Trebouxiophyceae): A polyphyletic and widespread group forming photobiont-mediated guilds in the lichen family Lobariaceae

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 455-470

  Dal Grande, Francesco ^a,g   Beck, Andreas ^b,c   Cornejo, Carolina ^a   Singh, Garima ^a,d   Cheenacharoen, Saran ^a   Nelsen, Matthew P ^e,f   Scheidegger, Christoph ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^g BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S; Dictyochloropsis; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS); Lichen; Lobariaceae; Microsatellite; Photobiont; rbcL

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC MARKER; GREEN ALGA; LICHEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; TAIWAN;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DICTYOCHLOROPSIS; FUNGI; LOBARIACEAE; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

ALGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; RBCL; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

18S; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DICTYOCHLOROPSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER (ITS); LICHEN (DISEASE); LICHEN (ORGANISM); LOBARIACEAE; MICROSATELLITE; PHOTOBIONT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; TAIWAN;

18S; DICTYOCHLOROPSIS; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER (ITS); LICHEN; LOBARIACEAE; MICROSATELLITE; PHOTOBIONT; RBCL;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPHYTA; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EUROPE; FUNGI; GENETIC VARIATION; LICHENS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84896542185     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12678     Document Type: Article

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