Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6982, 2004, Pages 553-557

  Schneider, Harald ^a,b   Schuetipelz, Eric ^a   Pryer, Kathleen M ^a   Cranfill, Raymond ^c   Magallón, Susana ^d   Lupia, Richard ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEED;

ANGIOSPERMS; VASCULAR PLANT LINEAGES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; DIVERGENCE; FERN; PALEOBOTANY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRETACEOUS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FERN; FOSSIL; LAND BIOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; TIME; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FERNS; FOSSILS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842431898     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02361     Document Type: Article

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