Phylogenetic analysis of seven WRKY genes across the palm subtribe attaleinae (areceaceae) identifies Syagrus as sister group of the coconut

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Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Meerow, Alan W ^a   Noblick, Larry ^b   Borrone, James W ^c   Couvreur, Thomas L P ^d   Mauro Herrera, Margarita ^c   Hahn, William J ^e   Kuhn, David N ^a   Nakamura, Kyoko ^a   Oleas, Nora H ^f   Schnell, Raymond J ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WRKY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; ATTALEINAE; CLADISTICS; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; SYAGRUS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARECACEAE; ARECOIDEAE; ATTALEINAE; COCOS NUCIFERA; SYAGRUS;

ARECACEAE; BAYES THEOREM; COCOS; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENES, PLANT; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70350161737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007353     Document Type: Article

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