An update on chloroplast genomes

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 101-122

  Ravi, V ^a   Khurana, J P ^a   Tyagi, A K ^a   Khurana, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

AT GC content; Chloroplast genome; DNA barcoding; Gene transfer to the nucleus; History; Inverted repeat; Phylogeny; RNA editing; ycf

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41849087357     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-007-0608-0     Document Type: Review

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