2010
Identification of new molecular markers for assembling the eukaryotic tree of life
Tekle YI, Grant JR, Kovner AM, Townsend JP, Katz LA. Identification of new molecular markers for assembling the eukaryotic tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2010, 55: 1177-1182. PMID: 20302952, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic treePhylogenetic signalMolecular markersKey phylogenetic positionPhylogenetic informativeness profilesAppropriate molecular markersEukaryotic supergroupsUnicellular eukaryotesOrthologous groupsPhylogenomic analysisPhylogenetic positionNew molecular markersMolecular dataMultigene analysisMorphological charactersProtein databaseUniversal degenerate primersDegenerate primersLack of resolutionDeep branchWhole treeTreesEukaryotesDeep relationshipTargeted sampling
2006
Eukaryotic microbes, species recognition and the geographic limits of species: examples from the kingdom Fungi
Taylor JW, Turner E, Townsend JP, Dettman JR, Jacobson D. Eukaryotic microbes, species recognition and the geographic limits of species: examples from the kingdom Fungi. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2006, 361: 1947-1963. PMID: 17062413, PMCID: PMC1764934, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1923.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsGlobal geographic rangeGeographic rangeSpecies recognitionFungal speciesGenetic isolationEukaryotic microbesSmall organismsNon-exclusive reasonsPhylogenetic species recognitionEndemic speciesRecognizable morphological changesEukaryotic speciesMorphological changesPhylogenetic speciesGeographic limitsReproductive isolationMorphological speciesKingdom FungiMorphological charactersMicrobial organismsGenetic changesSpeciesMorphological differencesOrganismsFungi