Is clustering of plastid RNA editing sites a consequence of transitory loss of gene function? Implications for past environmental and evolutionary events in plants

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-89

  Sabater, Bartolomé ^a   Martín, Mercedes ^a   Schmitz Linneweber, Christian ^b   Maier, Rainer M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Chloroplast; Editing; ndh genes; Photooxidative stress; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; PHYLOGENY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036032884     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00024     Document Type: Article

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