Phylogeny of Saxifragales (Angiosperms, Eudicots): Analysis of a rapid, ancient radiation

Systematic Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 817-847

  Fishbein, Mark ^a,c   Hibsch Jetter, Carola ^b   Soltis, Douglas E ^a,d   Hufford, Larry ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mississippi State University ^*  (Germany)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast genes; Data partition congruence; Maximum likelihood estimation and hypothesis testing; Phylogenetic resolution; Rapid radiation; Ribosomal DNA; Saxifragales

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID MATURASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; RBCL PROTEIN, PLASTID; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

EID: 0035527390     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351501753462821     Document Type: Article

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