Polyphyly and Convergent Morphological Evolution in Commelinales and Commelinidae: Evidence from rbcL Sequence Data

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 360-385

  Givnish, T J ^a   Evans, T M ^b   Pires, J C ^a   Sytsma, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Commelinales; Commelinidae; concerted convergence; evolutionary convergence; rbcL sequence data; Thurnia

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; RBCL PROTEIN, PLASTID; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033176384     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0601     Document Type: Article

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