@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref14772,
author = {Meredith Blackwell and Daniel A. Henk and Kevin Jones},
title = {Extreme morphological divergence: phylogenetic position of a termite ectoparasite.},
year = {2003},
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doi = {},
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journal = {Mycologia},
volume = {95},
number = {6},
pages = {987--992},
abstract = {Species of Termitaria are lesion-forming ectoparasites occurring worldwide on a diverse group of termites. The reduced thalli consist of a basal cell layer from which haustorial cells penetrate the termite and darkly-pigmented sporodochial conidionemata arise. One species, Termitaria snyderi, has been the subject of several morphological studies, but its phylogenetic position has remained enigmatic. Here we provide evidence of a close relationship between T. snyderi and the morphologically distinct ascomycetes, Kathistes analemmoides and K. calyculata, based on phylogenetic analysis of molecular characters derived from portions of the nuclear-encoded small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (ssu rDNA) and supplemental evidence from the -tubulin gene. Trees were derived using parsimony and maximum likelihood criteria, and Bayesian analysis and parsimony bootstrap methods were used to assess support for the tree nodes.}
}
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Citation title: "Extreme morphological divergence: phylogenetic position of a termite ectoparasite.".
