The phylogeny of land plants inferred from 18S rDNA sequences: Pushing the limits of rDNA signal?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1774-1784

  Soltis, Pamela S ^d   Soltis, Douglas E ^e   Wolf, Paul G ^e   Nickrent, Daniel L ^a   Chaw, Shu Miaw ^b   Chapman, Russell L ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Land plants; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032729841     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026089     Document Type: Article

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