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Towards a universal barcode of oomycetes--a comparison of the cox1 and cox2 loci.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Nov 2015
Choi Young-Joon, Beakes Gordon, Glockling Sally, Kruse Julia, Nam Bora, Nigrelli Lisa, Ploch Sebastian, Shin Hyeon-Dong, Shivas Roger G, Telle Sabine, Voglmayr Hermann, Thines Marco
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Oomycetes are a diverse group of eukaryotes in terrestrial, limnic and marine habitats worldwide and include several devastating plant pathogens, for example Phytophthora infestans (potato late blight). The cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2 gene (cox2) has been widely used for identification, taxonomy and phylogeny of various oomycete groups. However, recently the cox1 gene was proposed as a DNA barcode marker...
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