Reconstructing the basal angiosperm phylogeny: Evaluating information content of mitochondrial genes

Taxon

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 837-856

  Qiu, Yin Long ^a   Li, Libo ^a   Hendry, Tory A ^a   Li, Ruiqi ^a   Taylor, David W ^a   Issa, Michael J ^a   Ronen, Alexander J ^a   Vekaria, Mona L ^a   White, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amborella; Basal angiosperms; Magnoliids; Mitochondrial genes; Nymphaeales; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BASAL AREA; CHLOROPLAST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY;

AMBORELLA; CANELLALES; CERATOPHYLLUM; CHLORANTHACEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; LAURALES; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIALES; MAGNOLIIDS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEALES; PIPERALES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 33750020704     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25065680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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