Comparisons of the molecular evolutionary process at rbcL and ndhF in the grass family (Poaceae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 769-777

  Gaut, Brandon S ^a,d   Clark, Lynn G ^b   Wendel, Jonathan F ^b   Muse, Spencer V ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generation time effect; Grass family; ndhF; Nonsynonymous substitution rates; rbcL; Synonymous substitution rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

POACEAE;

EID: 0030816744     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025817     Document Type: Article

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