Phylogenetic analysis and genome size of Ostreococcus tauri (Chlorophyta, Prasinophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 844-849

  Courties, Claude ^a   Perasso, Roland ^b   Chrétiennot Dinet, Marie Josèphe ^a   Gouy, Manolo ^c   Guillou, Laure ^a   Troussellier, Marc ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

18S rDNA gene sequence; Chromosome; Eukaryote; Genome size; Molecular phylogeny; Ostreococcus; Prasinophyceae

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; THAU LAGOON;

MANTONIELLA; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI;

EID: 0031752319     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340844.x     Document Type: Article

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