Seed plant relationships and the systematic position of Gnetales based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA: Conflicting data, rooting problems, and the monophyly of conifers

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-214

  Rydin, Catarina ^a   Källersjö, Mari ^a   Friis, Else Marie ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; 26S rDNA; atpB; Character conflict; Gnetales; Monophyletic conifers; Phylogeny; rbcL; Rooting problems; Seed plants; Support

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CHLOROPLAST DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

DNA; GYMNOSPERM; TAXONOMY;

ANGIOSPERM; GENBANK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; PINACEAE; PLANT SEED; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

GNETALES;

EID: 0036177790     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338321     Document Type: Article

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