Publication Date:
2012-07-04
Description:
The goals of our study (1) can be summarized as follows in response to the work by Kiss (2):i) To produce enough data across the subphyla defined by the Fungal Tree of Life projects in order to allow a comprehensive statistical comparison of multiple markers as possible barcodes for fungi.ii) To provide convincing arguments for the selection of a different marker than the default DNA barcode CO1 for Fungi.The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) locus was always favored in the mycological community as barcode marker, but no comparative study had yet been attempted using a common set of taxa for multiple...
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General