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Inter- and intraspecific variation in the ITS region of rDNA of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Fennoscandia as detected by endonuclease analysis

  1. OLA KÅRÉN*,
  2. NILS HÖGBERG,
  3. ANDERS DAHLBERG,
  4. LENA JONSSON,
  5. JAN-ERIK NYLUND

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00742.x

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New Phytologist

Volume 136, Issue 2, pages 313–325, June 1997

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KÅRÉN, O., HÖGBERG, N., DAHLBERG, A., JONSSON, L. and NYLUND, J.-E. (1997), Inter- and intraspecific variation in the ITS region of rDNA of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Fennoscandia as detected by endonuclease analysis. New Phytologist, 136: 313–325. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00742.x

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  1. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Mycology and Pathology, Box 7026, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax: +46 18 30 92 45; E-mail ola.karen@mykopat.slu se

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  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008
  3. (Received 30 September 1996; accepted 29 January 1997)

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