Evolution of the polyphyletic genus Pleurastrum (Chlorophyta): Inferences from nuclear-encoded ribosomal DNA sequences and motile cell ultrastructure

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 456-469

  Friedl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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EID: 0001342648     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-5-456.1     Document Type: Article

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