Limits of nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences as species barcodes for Fungi

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Levente Kiss. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012.

. 2012 Jul 3;109(27):E1811; author reply E1812.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1207143109. Epub 2012 Jun 19.

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Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi.
Schoch CL, Seifert KA, Huhndorf S, Robert V, Spouge JL, Levesque CA, Chen W; Fungal Barcoding Consortium; Fungal Barcoding Consortium Author List. Schoch CL, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Apr 17;109(16):6241-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1117018109. Epub 2012 Mar 27. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012. PMID: 22454494 Free PMC article.

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