Nuclear DNA content estimates in multicellular green, red and brown algae: Phylogenetic considerations

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-44

  Kapraun, Donald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

C value enigma; Chlorophyta; DNA C values; Eukaryotic algae; Nuclear genome size; Phaeophyta; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DNA; GENOME; PHYLOGENETICS;

ALGAE; CHARALES; CHLOROPHYTA; DESMIDIALES; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

DNA;

ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETICS; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; RED ALGA;

ALGAE, BROWN; ALGAE, GREEN; ALGAE, RED; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; GENOME; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 21644476653     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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