The molecular systematics of some agar- and carrageenan-containing marine red algae based on rbcL sequence analysis

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 1996, Pages 125-135

  Fredericq, Suzanne ^a,d   Hommersand, Max H ^b   Freshwater, D Wilson ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

agar; carrageenan; molecular systematics; phycocolloids; rbcL; Rhodophyta; seaweeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029840504     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00047797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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