Molecular evolution of pteridophytes and their relationship to seed plants: Evidence from complete 18S rRNA gene sequences

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Kranz, Harald D ^a   Huss, Volker A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phylogeny, 18S ribosomal RNA, systematics, maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony; Pteridophytes, lycopsids, horsetails, Psilotum nudum, ferns, seed plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029826327     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00985814     Document Type: Article

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