Parallel loss of a slowly evolving intron from two closely related families in Asparagales

Systematic Botany

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 296-307

  McPherson, Marc A ^a   Fay, Michael F ^b   Chase, Mark W ^b   Graham, Sean W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGALES; ASPHODELACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; HEMEROCALLIDACEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 2542478103     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364404774195494     Document Type: Review

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