PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF ZYGOGONIUM ERICETORUM (ZYGNEMATOPHYCEAE, CHAROPHYTA) FROM A HIGH ALPINE HABITAT AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF UNUSUAL APLANOSPORES

Zygogonium ericetorum, the type species of the genus, was studied from a natural population collected in Mt. Schönwieskopf, Tyrol, Austria. Generic concepts of Zygogonium and Zygnema were tested with atpB, psbC, and rbcL gene sequence analysis, which showed a sister relationship between Z. ericetoru...

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Main Authors: Stancheva, Rosalina, Hall, John D., Herburger, Klaus, Lewis, Louise A., McCourt, Richard M., Sheath, Robert G., Holzinger, Andreas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4370237/