Complex patterns of actin molecular evolution in the red alga Stylonema alsidii (Stylonematophyceae, Rhodophyta)

Phycological Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-65

  Zuccarello, Giuseppe C ^a   Oellermann, Michael ^a   West, John A ^b   De Clerck, Olivier ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actin; Gene duplication; Molecular evolution; Rhodophyta; Stylonema; Stylonematophyceae

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PLOIDY; PROTEIN; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; GONIOTRICHOPSIS; RHODOPHYTA; STYLONEMA; STYLONEMA ALSIDII; STYLONEMATOPHYCEAE;

EID: 60349088675     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2008.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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