The origin of red algae and the evolution of chloroplasts

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6782, 2000, Pages 69-72

  Moreira, David ^a,b   Le Guyader, Hervé ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 2;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RED ALGA; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ALGAE, RED; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0034604170     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35011054     Document Type: Article

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