Morphological differentiation and phylogenetic homogeneity in Usnea aurantiaco-atra reveal the complexity of lichen symbiosis

Usnea aurantiaco-atra is the dominant flora around King George Island, Antarctica, whose specimens exhibited various phenotypes, even for those with the same ITS sequences in both mycobiont and photobiont. A comprehensive analysis of morphological traits of U. aurantiaco-atra including the reproduct...

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Main Authors: Shunan Cao, Hongyuan Zheng, Yunshu Cao, Chuanpeng Liu, Lingxiang Zhu, Fang Peng, Qiming Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2018-06-01
Series:Polish Polar Research
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Online Access:https://journals.pan.pl/Content/103315/PDF/Polish%20Polar%202-18%205-S.Cao%20i%20in..pdf