Origins and affinities of the filamentous green algal orders Chaetophorales and Oedogoniales based on 18S rRNA gene sequences

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 312-318

  Booton, Gregory C ^a   Floyd, Gary L ^a   Fuerst, Paul A ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Genetics ^*

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaetophorales; Chlorophyceae; Oedogoniales; Phylogeny; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ALGAE; CHAETOPHORALES; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FRITSCHIELLA; OEDOGONIALES; STIGEOCLONIUM; URONEMA;

EID: 0031972207     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340312.x     Document Type: Article

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