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Intraspecific Variability in the Kingdom as Expressed in the International Sequence Databases and Its Implications for Molecular Species Identification

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Intraspecific Variability in the Kingdom as Expressed in the International Sequence Databases and Its Implications for Molecular Species Identification
المؤلفون: R. Henrik Nilsson, Erik Kristiansson, Martin Ryberg, Nils Hallenberg, Karl-Henrik Larsson
المصدر: Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Vol 4 (2008)
بيانات النشر: SAGE Publishing, 2008.
سنة النشر: 2008
المجموعة: LCC:Evolution
مصطلحات موضوعية: Evolution, QH359-425
الوصف: The internal transcribed spacer ( ITS ) region of the nuclear ribosomal repeat unit is the most popular locus for species identification and subgeneric phylogenetic inference in sequence-based mycological research. The region is known to show certain variability even within species, although its intraspecific variability is often held to be limited and clearly separated from interspecific variability. The existence of such a divide between intra- and interspecific variability is implicitly assumed by automated approaches to species identification, but whether intraspecific variability indeed is negligible within the fungal kingdom remains contentious. The present study estimates the intraspecific ITS variability in all fungi presently available to the mycological community through the international sequence databases. Substantial differences were found within the kingdom, and the results are not easily correlated to the taxonomic affiliation or nutritional mode of the taxa considered. No single unifying yet stringent upper limit for intraspecific variability, such as the canonical 3% threshold, appears to be applicable with the desired outcome throughout the fungi. Our results caution against simplified approaches to automated ITS -based species delimitation and reiterate the need for taxonomic expertise in the translation of sequence data into species names.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1176-9343
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1176-9343
DOI: 10.4137/EBO.S653
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/ebe9cb15527246cc9407972abcf082ae
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.be9cb15527246cc9407972abcf082ae
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:11769343
DOI:10.4137/EBO.S653