Molecular organization and evolution of the external transcribed rDNA spacer region in two diploid relatives of Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 117-129

  Volkov, R ^a   Kostishin, S ^a   Ehrendorfer, F ^b   Schweizer, D ^b  

^a CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

rDNA, external transcribed spacer, phylogenetic subrepeat differentiation, molecular evolution; Solanaceae, Nicotiana

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NICOTIANA TOMENTOSIFORMIS; SOLANACEAE; TABACUM;

EID: 0029803769     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00989055     Document Type: Article

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