Phylogenetic analysis of Eudorina species (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta) based on rbcL gene sequences

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 859-863

  Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Ito, Motomi ^b   Uchida, Hidenobu ^c,e   Watanabe, Makoto M ^d   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyta; Eudorina; Large subunit of ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (rbcL) gene; Molecular phylogeny; Species delimitation; Taxonomic species; Volvocaceae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUDORINA; EUDORINA CYLINDRICA; EUDORINA ELEGANS; EUDORINA ILLINOISENSIS; EUDORINA UNICOCCA; PLEODORINA; VOLVOCACEAE; VOLVOX;

EID: 0030666055     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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