Relationships among seed plants inferred from highly conserved genes: Sorting conflicting phylogenetic signals among ancient lineages

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1991-2006

  Magallón, Susana ^a,b   Sanderson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Gnetales; Gymnosperms; Long branch attraction; Maximum likelihood; PsaA; PsbB; Third codon positions

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; PHYLOGENY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GNETALES; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0036950836     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.12.1991     Document Type: Article

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