Energy and the rate of evolution: Inferences from plant rDNA substitution rates in the western Pacific

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2893-2898

  Wright, Shane D ^a   Gray, Russell D ^b   Gardner, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biologically available energy; Biome; Molecular evolution; Productivity; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOME; DNA; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0347135840     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01529.x     Document Type: Article

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