Phylogenetic analyses of the rbcL sequences from haptophytes and heterokont algae suggest their chloroplasts are unrelated

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1242-1251

  Daugbjerg, Niels ^a   Andersen, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromophytes; Haptophytes; Heterokont algae; Phylogeny; Plastid evolution; rbcL; Red algae; RuBisCo

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; BUMILLERIOPSIS FILIFORMIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUGLENIDA; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; GUILLARDIA THETA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOMONAS CALCEOLATA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOPEDINELLA ELASTICA; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOPILES; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0030830235     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025733     Document Type: Article

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