Utility of 17 chloroplast genes for inferring the phylogeny of the basal angiosperms

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1712-1730

  Graham, Sean W ^a,b   Olmstead, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amborella; atpB; Basal angiosperm phylogeny; Chloroplast introns; Long branch attraction; NADH dehydrogenase genes; Photosystem II genes; Primer design; rbcL; Ribosomal protein genes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHLOROPLAST; FLOWERING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CHANGE; INVERTED REPEAT; MONOPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; ROOTING;

AMBORELLA; AMBORELLA TRICHOPODA; CABOMBA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ILLICIUM; LAURALES; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIALES; MAGNOLIIDS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA ODORATA; PIPERALES; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRICHOPODA; WINTERACEAE;

EID: 0033666273     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656749     Document Type: Article

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