Phylogenetic utility of nuclear nitrate reductase: A multi-locus comparison of nuclear and chloroplast sequence data for inference of relationships among American Lycieae (Solanaceae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 608-617

  Levin, Rachel A ^a   Blanton, Jessica ^a   Miller, Jill S ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

GBSSI; ITS; Lycium; Nitrate reductase; Phylogeny; Solanaceae; trnD trnT; trnT trnF

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; GRANULE BOUND STARCH SYNTHASE I; GRANULE-BOUND STARCH SYNTHASE I; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; STARCH SYNTHASE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOLANACEAE; STARCH SYNTHASE;

LYCIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 60349091886     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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