Rates of nucleotide substitution in angiosperm mitochondrial DNA sequences and dates of divergence between Brassica and other angiosperm lineages

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 597-604

  Yang, Yau Wen ^a   Lai, Kun Nan ^a   Tai, Pon Yean ^a   Li, Wen Hsiung ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica evolution; Mitochondrial intron; Neutral rate

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; LACTUCA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032954807     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006502     Document Type: Article

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