Evolutionary implications of nucleotide sequence relatedness between Alnus nepalensis and Alnus glutinosa and also between corresponding Frankia microsymbionts

Plant and Soil

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 219-227

  Varghese, Rajani ^a   Chauhan, Vineeta Singh ^a   Misra, Arvind Kumar ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alnus nepalensis; Evolution; Frankia; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; RELATEDNESS;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; ALNUS NEPALENSIS; ALNUS NITIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; FRANKIA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0037490255     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024963215959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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