An empirical demonstration of using pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) genes as plant phylogenetic tools: Phylogeny of Verbenaceae and the Verbena complex

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-35

  Yuan, Yao Wu ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Marx, Hannah E ^a   Olmstead, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Non model organisms; Nuclear gene marker; Phylogeny; PPR genes; Verbena complex; Verbenaceae

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VERBENACEAE;

DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VERBENACEAE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; VERBENA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 70649087039     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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