USING rbcL SEQUENCES TO TEST HYPOTHESES OF CHLOROPLAST AND THALLUS EVOLUTION IN CONJUGATING GREEN ALGAE (ZYGNEMATALES, CHAROPHYCEAE)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 989-995

  McCourt, Richard M ^a   Karol, Kenneth G ^a   Kaplan, Susanne ^b   Hoshaw, Robert W ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charophyceae; desmids; green algal evolution; Mesotaeniaceae; molecular phylogeny; rbcL; Zygnemataceae; Zygnematales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000229481     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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