Phylogenetic analysis of Yamagishiella and Platydorina (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta) based on rbcL gene sequences

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 272-278

  Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Ito, Motomi ^b   Sano, Ryosuke ^b   Uchida, Hidenobu ^c   Watanabe, Makoto M ^d   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyta; Large subunit of ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (rbcL) gene; Molecular phylogeny; Platydorina; Volvocaceae; Yamagishiella

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAUDATA; CHLOROPHYTA; EUDORINA; EUDORINA UNICOCCA; PANDORINA UNICOCCA; PLATYDORINA; PLATYDORINA CAUDATA; PLEODORINA; VOLVOCACEAE; VOLVOCALES; VOLVOX; YAMAGISHIELLA; YAMAGISHIELLA UNICOCCA;

EID: 0030971613     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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