Phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region in Menyanthaceae using predicted secondary structure

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 526-537

  Tippery, Nicholas P ^a   Les, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal transcribed spacer; Likelihood; Menyanthaceae; Parsimony; Phylogeny; RNA secondary structure

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MENYANTHACEAE;

EID: 55049107228     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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