Phylogenetic analysis of DNA C-values provides evidence for a small ancestral genome size in flowering plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. A, 1998, Pages 85-94

  Leitch, Ilia J ^a   Chase, Mark W ^a   Bennett, Michael D ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestral genome size; Angiosperms; DNA C value database; Evolution; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT TAXONOMY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0032426016     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0783     Document Type: Article

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3. Bennett MD. 1998. Plant genome values: How much do we know? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95: 2011-2016.
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