A 5.8S nuclear ribosomal RNA gene sequence database: applications to ecology and evolution.
We complied a 5.8S nuclear ribosomal gene sequence database for animals, plants, and fungi using both newly generated and GenBank sequences. We demonstrate the utility of this database as an internal check to determine whether the target organism and not a contaminant has been sequenced, as a diagnostic tool for ecologists and evolutionary biologists to determine the placement of asexual fungi within larger taxonomic groups, and as a tool to help identify fungi that form ectomycorrhizae.
NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035-1000, USA. kcullings@mail.arc.nasa.gov
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004463:Ecology; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S