Molecular phylogenetic evidence for a reversible morphogenetic switch controlling the gross morphology of two common genera of green seaweeds, Ulva and Enteromorpha

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1011-1018

  Tan, Ian H ^a   Blomster, Jaanika ^b   Hansen, Gayle ^c   Leskinen, Elina ^d   Maggs, Christine A ^b   Mann, David G ^a   Sluiman, Hans J ^a   Stanhope, Michael J ^b,e  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SmithKline Beecham   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental switch; Enteromorpha; Green algae; Molecular phylogenetics; rDNA ITS sequences; Ulva

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SEAWEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ENTEROMORPHA; ULVA;

EID: 0032772635     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026190     Document Type: Article

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