Does Intraspecific Variation in rDNA Copy Number Affect Analysis of Microbial Communities?
Anton Lavrinienko, Toni Jernfors, Janne J. Koskimäki, Anna Maria Pirttilä, Phillip C. Watts
Topics & Concepts
BiologyIntraspecific competitionInterspecific competitionCopy-number variationAmpliconRibosomal RNARibosomal DNAEvolutionary biologyConcerted evolutionGeneticsPhylogeneticsEcologyGenePolymerase chain reactionGenomeGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyProtist diversity and phylogeny