Phylogenetic inferences from chloroplast chlB gene sequences of Nephrolepis exaltata (Filicopsida), Ephedra altissima (Gnetopsida), and diverse land plants

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-29

  Boivin, Rodolphe ^a   Richard, Martine ^a   Beauseigle, Diane ^a   Bousquet, Jean ^a   Bellemare, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADOPSIDA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA ALTISSIMA; EQUISETALES; FILICOPHYTA; FILICOPSIDA; GINKGO BILOBA; GNETOPSIDA; GNETUM; GYMNOSPERMAE; ISOETES; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; LYCOPODIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA; PSILOTUM; SELAGINELLA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

ALGAL PROTEIN; CHLB PROTEIN, CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030208147     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0054     Document Type: Article

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