Group II introns as phylogenetic tools: Structure, function, and evolutionary constraints

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1651-1669

  Kelchner, Scot A ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloroplast noncoding DNA; Group II introns; Molecular evolution; Phylogenetic analysis; RNA structure; rpl16 intron

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; PHYLOGENETICS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036800826     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.10.1651     Document Type: Review

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