A covariotide model explains apparent phylogenetic structure of oxygenic photosynthetic lineages

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1183-1188

  Lockhart, P J ^a   Steel, M A ^b   Barbrook, A C ^c   Huson, D H ^d   Charleston, M A ^e   Howe, C J ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compositional bias; Covarion; Covariotide; Evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis; Phylogenetic inference; Plastid origins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE FREQUENCY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031852105     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026025     Document Type: Article

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