Evolutionary consequences of the loss of photosynthesis in Chlamydomonadaceae: Phylogenetic analysis of Rrn 18 (18S rDNA) in 13 Polytoma strains (Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-126

  Rumpf, Robert ^b   Vernon, Dawne ^b   Schreiber, David ^a,b   Birky Jr , C William ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Chlamydomonas; Chlorophyta; heterotrophic algae; loss of photosynthesis; molecular evolution; phylogenetics; Polytoma; Rrn 18 gene

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONADACEAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; POLYTOMA;

EID: 0029815335     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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