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The phylogenetic relationship of the genera Arthroderma and Nannizzia, was investigated by mitochondrial DNA analysis based on the restriction-fragment-length polymorphisms. Phylogenetic trees made on ten species. A. benhamiae, A. insingulare, A. quadrifidum, A. simii, A. vanbreuseghemii, N. fulva, N. grubyia, N. gypsea, N. incurvata and N. otae showed no definite distinctions between the genera Arthroderma and Nannizzia. These results support the conclusion of Weitzman et al. that the genera Arthroderma and Nannizzia are congeneric.
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Kawasaki, M., Aoki, M., Ishizaki, H. et al. Phylogenetic relationships of the genera Arthroderma and Nannizzia inferred from mitochondrial DNA analysis. Mycopathologia 118, 95–102 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00442537
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