Gnetum and the angiosperms: Molecular evidence that their shared morphological characters are convergent, rather than homologous [2]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1006-1009

  Hansen, Andrea ^a   Hansmann, Sabine ^a   Samigullin, Tahir ^b   Antonov, Andrey ^b   Martin, William ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Angiosperm evolution; Anthophytes; Chloroplast; Gnetum gnemon; Gymnosperms

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; CODON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

GNETUM; GNETUM GNEMON; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033010029     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026176     Document Type: Letter

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