Molecular data from the chloroplast rpoC1 gene suggest a deep and distinct dichotomy of contemporary spermatophytes into two monophyla: Gymnosperms (including Gnetales) and angiosperms

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 310-315

  Samigullin, Tagir Kh ^a   Martin, William F ^b   Troitsky, Aleksey V ^a   Antonov, Andrey S ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Gnetum; Molecular phylogeny; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GYMNOSPERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GYMNOSPERMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GNETALES; GNETUM; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0032853708     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006553     Document Type: Article

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