Evidence for positive selection in phycoerythrin genes of red algae and cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus

Photosynthetica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-146

  Qin, S ^a   Zhao, F Q ^a,b   Tseng, C K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ceramium boydenn; Halymenia sinensis; Molecular evolution; Phylogenetic analysis; Plocamium telfariae; Positive selection; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CERAMIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; HALYMENIA SINENSIS; PLOCAMIUM; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RHODOPHYTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 17844363746     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-005-1146-z     Document Type: Article

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