Codon usage patterns distort phylogenies from or of DNA sequences

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1221-1233

  Christianson, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Ceratodon purpureus; Convergent selection; Molecular systematics; Nicotiana tabacum; Physcomitrella patens

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENETICS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

EID: 23044465221     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.8.1221     Document Type: Article

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