Inference of higher-order conifer relationships from a multi-locus plastid data set

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 658-669

  Rai, Hardeep S ^a,d   Reeves, Patrick A ^b,e   Peakall, Rod ^c   Olmstead, Richard G ^b   Graham, Sean W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast genome; Gymnosperms; Microstructural mutations; Rps7; Seed plant phylogeny; Wollemia

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA SET; EVOLUTION; GYMNOSPERM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARAUCARIACEAE; CEPHALOTAXACEAE; CEPHALOTAXUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; GNETALES; GYMNOSPERMAE; PINACEAE; PODOCARPACEAE; SCIADOPITYACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA; TAXACEAE; WOLLEMIA;

EID: 47649087623     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-062     Document Type: Article

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