Phycoerythrin evolution and diversification of spectral phenotype in marine Synechococcus and related picocyanobacteria

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-392

  Everroad, R Craig ^a,b   Wood, A Michelle ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Approximately unbiased test; Cyanobacteria; Horizontal gene transfer; Phycoerythrin; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHYCOBILIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PHYCOUROBILIN; RNA 16S; UROBILIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GULF OF MEXICO; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GULF OF MEXICO; PHENOTYPE; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UROBILIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBIUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84863105834     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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