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Coordinated ultrastructural and phylogenomic analyses shed light on the hidden phycobiont diversity of Trebouxia microalgae in Ramalina fraxinea.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jan 2016
Catalá Santiago, Del Campo Eva M, Barreno Eva, García-Breijo Francisco J, Reig-Armiñana José, Casano Leonardo M
Abstract excerpt
The precise boundary delineations between taxa in symbiotic associations are very important for evolutionary and ecophysiological studies. Growing evidence indicates that in many cases, the use of either morphological characters or molecular markers results in diversity underestimation. In lichen symbioses, Trebouxia is the most common genus of lichen phycobionts, however, the diversity within this genus has been...
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