The complete plastid genome sequence of Welwitschia mirabilis: An unusually compact plastome with accelerated divergence rates

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  McCoy, Skip R ^a   Kuehl, Jennifer V ^b   Boore, Jeffrey L ^b,c,d   Raubeson, Linda A ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Genome Project Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GYMNOSPERM; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT SEED; WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GNETOPHYTA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PSEUDOGENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GNETOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; WELWITSCHIA; WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS; WELWITSCHIACEAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME, CHLOROPLAST; GENOME, PLANT; GNETOPHYTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 44049089159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-130     Document Type: Article

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