Fungal specificity and selectivity for algae play a major role in determining lichen partnerships across diverse ecogeographic regions in the lichen-forming family Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 3779-3797

  Leavitt, Steven D ^a,b   Kraichak, Ekaphan ^b,c   Nelsen, Matthew P ^d   Altermann, Susanne ^e   Divakar, Pradeep K ^f   Alors, David ^f   Esslinger, Theodore L ^g   Crespo, Ana ^f   Lumbsch, Thorsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Ecology; Ecoregion; Mycobiont; Photobiont; Trebouxia

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DNA; CHLOROPLAST DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GREEN ALGA; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPHYTA; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GEOGRAPHY; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84936852840     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13271     Document Type: Article

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