Phylogenetic relationships of Scenedesmus and Scenedesmus-like coccoid green algae as inferred from ITS-2 rDNA sequence comparisons

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 418-428

  An, S S ^a   Friedl, T ^b   Hegewald, E ^c  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acutodesmus; Desmodesmus; Dicloster; Didymocystis; ITS rDNA phylogeny; ITS 2 rDNA secondary structure; Scenedesmus

Indexed keywords

ALGA GENETICS; ANALYSIS; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RIBOSOMAL DNA;

ACUTODESMUS; DESMODESMUS; DICLOSTER ACUATUS; DIDYMOCYSTIS INERMIS; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 0032783604     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00724.x     Document Type: Article

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