The application of a molecular clock based on molecular sequences and the fossil record to explain biogeographic distributions within the Alexandrium tamarense "species complex" (dinophyceae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1015-1027

  John, Uwe ^a   Fensome, Robert A ^b   Medlin, Linda K ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexandrium tamarense Alexandrium catenella Alexandrium fundyense species complex; Biogeography; Dinocysts; Dinoflagellates; Evolution; Harmful algal blooms; Molecular clock; Phylogeny; Toxic algae

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENUS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE TOXINS; PHYLOGENY; RECORDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLA; ALEXANDRIUM FUNDYENSE; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; CATENELLA; CERATIACEAE; DINOPHYCEAE; GONYAULACACEAE; MYA; PERIDINIALES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038420739     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg105     Document Type: Article

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