Molecular phylogenies disprove a hypothesized C4 reversion in Eragrostis walteri (Poaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-325

  Ingram, Amanda L ^a   Christin, Pascal Antoine ^b,c   Osborne, Colin P ^d  

^a WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Arundinoideae; C4 photosynthesis; Chloridoideae; Eragrostis; evolution; Namibia; Poaceae; reversion

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NDHF PROTEIN, PLANT; PLANT DNA; RBCL PROTEIN, PLASTID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANATOMY; CARBON ISOTOPE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GRASS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ERAGROSTIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NAMIBIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA, PLANT; ERAGROSTIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; NAMIBIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NAMIBIA;

ARUNDINOIDEAE; CHLORIDOIDEAE; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS WALTERI; POACEAE;

EID: 79551528096     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq226     Document Type: Article

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