Molecular phylogeny of extant gymnosperms and seed plant evolution: Analysis of nuclear 18s rRNA sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-68

  Chaw, Shu Miaw ^a   Zharkikh, Andrey ^b   Sung, Huang Mo ^a   Lau, Tak Cheung ^a   Li, Wen Hsiung ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

angiosperms; conifers; cycads; ferns; ginkgo; Gnetales; gymnosperms; molecular evolution; molecular phylogeny; nuclear 18S rRNA; seed plants; sequences

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FERN; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0031012107     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025702     Document Type: Article

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