Divergence of the phytochrome gene family predates angiosperm evolution and suggests that Selaginella and Equisetum arose prior to Psilotum

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 329-337

  Kolukisaoglu, H U ^a   Marx, S ^a   Wiegmann, C ^a   Hanelt, S ^a   Schneider Poetsch, H A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early vascular plants; Lower plant phytochromes; Molecular evolution; Mono and dicotyledon divergence; Monophyly of ferns; Phytochrome evolution

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHYTOCHROME;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; LOWER PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENES, STRUCTURAL, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EPHEDRA; EQUISETUM; EUDICOTYLEDONS; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METASEQUOIA; NYMPHAEA; PICEA; PSILOTUM; PTERIDOPHYTA; SELAGINELLA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0029046676     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01215179     Document Type: Article

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