The phylogenetic position of red algae revealed by multiple nuclear genes from mitochondria-containing eukaryotes and an alternative hypothesis on the origin of plastids

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 485-497

  Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Matsuzaki, Motomichi ^a,f   Takahara, Manabu ^a   Misumi, Osami ^a,b   Kuroiwa, Haruko ^a,b   Hasegawa, Masami ^a,c   Shin i, Tadasu ^d   Kohara, Yuji ^d   Ogasawara, Naotake ^e   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eukaryotes; Evolution; Nuclear genes; Outgroup; Phylogeny; Plantae; Plastid; Protein coding genes; Red algae

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN;

ALVEOLATA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISCICRISTATA; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FLAGELLATE; HETEROKONTOPHYTA; HETEROLOBOSEA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLASTID; RED ALGA;

ALGAE, RED; CELL NUCLEUS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; TUBULIN;

ACRASIDA; ALGAE; ALVEOLATA; APICOMPLEXA; ARCHAEA; CILIOPHORA; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DISCICRISTATA; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; HETEROLOBOSEA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; MYXOGASTRIA; OTUS; PLANTAE; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOPILES; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0037381973     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2419-9     Document Type: Article

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