A duplicate gene rooting of seed plants and the phylogenetic position of flowering plants

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1539, 2010, Pages 383-395

  Mathews, Sarah ^a   Clements, Mark D ^a   Beilstein, Mark A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Duplicate genes; Phytochromes; Seed plant rooting

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANGIOSPERM; DNA; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GYMNOSPERM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PIGMENT; TAXONOMY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CYCADOPSIDA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GINKGO (GENUS); GNETOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 76749130170     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0233     Document Type: Article

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