Integrating phylogeny, molecular clocks, and the fossil record in the evolution of coralline algae (Corallinales and Sporolithales, Rhodophyta)

Paleobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-533

  Aguirre, Julio ^a   Perfectti, Francisco ^a   Braga, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CORALLINE ALGA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENY; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; CORALLINALES; HAPALIDIACEAE; LITHOPHYLLOIDEAE; RHODOPHYTA; SPOROLITHACEAE;

EID: 77956588763     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09041.1     Document Type: Article

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