Phylogenetics of flowering plants based on combined analysis of plastid atpB and rbcL gene sequences

Systematic Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 306-362

  Savolainen, Vincent ^a,b,c   Chase, Mark W ^a   Hoot, Sara B ^d   Morton, Cynthia M ^a,e,f   Soltis, Douglas E ^g   Bayer, Clemens ^h   Fay, Michael F ^a   De Bruijn, Anette Y ^a   Sullivan, Stuart ^a   Qiu, Yin Long ^i,j  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Conserv et Jardin Botaniques ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Angiosperm; atpB; Complex phylogenies; Large molecular data sets; rbcL

Indexed keywords

AMBORELLACEAE; ASTERIDS; CERATOPHYLLALES; CERATOPHYLLUM; LAURALES; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEACEAE; PIPERALES; ROSIDS; SCHISANDRACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

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

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CODON; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

EID: 0034350426     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/49.2.306     Document Type: Article

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