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Successful DNA sequencing of a 75 year-old herbarium specimen of Aspicilia aschabadensis (J. Steiner) Mereschk.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2010

Mohammad Sohrabi ,
Leena Myllys  and
Soili Stenroos
Mohammad Sohrabi
Affiliation:
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7 and Plant Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences P.O. Box 65, University of Helsinki, Finland. (c/o) Department of Plant Science, University of Tabriz, 51666, Tabriz, Iran. Email: [email protected]
Leena Myllys
Affiliation:
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014University of Helsinki, Finland.
Soili Stenroos
Affiliation:
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014University of Helsinki, Finland.
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The Lichenologist , Volume 42 , Issue 5 , September 2010 , pp. 626 - 628
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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2010

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