Purifying selection detected in the plastid gene matK and flanking ribozyme regions within a group II intron of nonphotosynthetic plants

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1933-1941

  Young, Nelson D ^a   DePamphilis, Claude W ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epifagus virginiana; Group II intron; MarK; Parasitic plant; Purifying selection; Ribozyme; Subtree contrasts

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLASTID;

EID: 0033636041     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026295     Document Type: Article

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