DNA amounts for five pteridophyte species fill phylogenetic gaps in C-value data

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-173

  Hanson, Lynda ^a   Leitch, Ilia J ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eusporangiate; Evolution; Ferns; Heterosporous water ferns; Leptosporangiate; Lycophytes; Nucleotype; Schizaeaceae; Sperm flagella number; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENETICS;

ANGIOPTERIS; ANGIOPTERIS LYGODIIFOLIA; FILICOPHYTA; HYDROPTERIDALES; ISOETACEAE; ISOETES; ISOETES LACUSTRIS; LYCOPODIACEAE; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; LYCOPODIUM; LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM; LYGODIUM; LYGODIUM JAPONICUM; MARATTIACEAE; MARSILEA; MARSILEA QUADRIFOLIA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SCHIZAEACEAE; SELAGINELLACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036802805     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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