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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Language: | English |
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Polish Academy of Sciences
2018-06-01
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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 |