Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of the family Araucariaceae based on the DNA sequences of eight genes

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2648-2655

  Liu, Nian ^a   Zhu, Yong ^a   Wei, Zong Xian ^b   Chen, Jie ^a   Wang, Qing Biao ^a   Jian, Shu Guang ^d   Zhou, Dang Wei ^e   Shi, Jing ^a   Yang, Yong ^f   Zhong, Yang ^a,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Araucariaceae; CpDNA 16S rRNA; CpDNA matK; CpDNA rbcL; CpDNA rps4; Divergence time; MtDNA atp1; MtDNA coxl; NrDNA 18S rRNA; NrDNA 26S rRNA; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AGATHIS (CONIFER); ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; WOLLEMIA;

EID: 70349410727     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0373-2     Document Type: Article

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