Molecular Evolution of the Internal Transcribed Spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) and Phylogenetic Relationships among Species of the Family Cucurbitaceae

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 204-219

  Jobst, Jürgen ^a   King, Klaus ^a   Hemleben, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cucurbitoideae; Hemsleya; molecular phylogeny; nuclear rDNA; speciation; Zanonioidae

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032042486     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1997.0465     Document Type: Article

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