Reticulate or tree-like chloroplast DNA evolution in Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae)?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 313-325

  Erixon, Per ^a,b   Oxelman, Bengt ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chloroplast recombination; cpDNA; Incongruence; Indel characters; Sileneae

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

ARTICLE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SILENE;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SILENE;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; LYCHNIS; SILENE; SILENE ATOCIOIDES; SILENE CRYPTONEURA; SILENE SORDIDA;

EID: 44949092403     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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