Seed plant phylogeny: Gnetophytes are derived conifers and a sister group to Pinaceae

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 208-217

  Hajibabaei, Mehrdad ^a   Xia, Junnan ^a   Drouin, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gnepines hypothesis; Gnetales; Maximum likelihood; Maximum parsimony; Molecular phylogenetics; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CODON; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PINACEAE; PLANT SEED; TREE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; PHYLOGENY; PINACEAE; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; TREES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADOPSIDA; GNETOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 33745120503     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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