Nucleotide sequences of small-subunit and internal transcribed spacer regions of nuclear (R)RNA genes support the autonomy of some genera of the Gelidiales (Rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 299-305

  Patwary, Mohsin U ^a,b   Sensen, Christoph W ^a   MacKay, Ron M ^a   Van Der Meer, John P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Charles A Meyer Science and Mathematics Center   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; 5.8S rRNA; Gelidium; ITS1; ITS2; Pterocladia; Pterocladiella; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031979452     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340299.x     Document Type: Article

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