Phylogenetic Relationships of the Silver Saxifrages (Saxifraga, Sect. Ligulatae Haworth): Implications for the Evolution of Substrate Specificity, Life Histories, and Biogeography

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 536-555

  Conti, Elena ^a   Soltis, Douglas E ^b   Hardig, Terry M ^c   Schneider, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

ITS; matK; nuclear DNA; chloroplast DNA; congruence; life histories; semelparity; substrate specificity; biogeography.

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033258095     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0673     Document Type: Article

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