The phylogeny of the Pentaschistis clade (Danthonioideae, Poaceae) based on chloroplast DNA, and the evolution and loss of complex characters

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 864-884

  Galley, C ^a   Linder, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ancestral; Correlated evolution; Danthonioideae; Gland evolution; Pentaschistis; Phylogeny; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

CHLOROPLAST; CLADISTICS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; GRASS; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXOCRINE GLAND; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SOIL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; EXOCRINE GLANDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL;

DANTHONIOIDEAE; PENTAMERIS; PENTASCHISTIS; POACEAE; PRIONANTHIUM;

EID: 34047241112     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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