Δ6-Desaturase sequence evidence for explosive Pliocene radiations within the adaptive radiation of Macaronesian Echium (Boraginaceae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-574

  García Maroto, Federico ^a   Mañas Fernández, Aurora ^a   Garrido Cárdenas, José A ^a   Alonso, Diego López ^a   Guil Guerrero, José L ^a   Guzmán, Beatriz ^b   Vargas, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Echium; Macaronesia; Plant evolution; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BORAGINACEAE; ECHIUM;

CHLOROPLAST DNA; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAPE VERDE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CAPE VERDE; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECHIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

EID: 67649660210     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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