Highly conserved low-copy nuclear genes as effective markers for phylogenetic analyses in angiosperms

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 923-937

  Zhang, Ning ^a   Zeng, Liping ^a   Shan, Hongyan ^b   Ma, Hong ^a,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiosperm phylogeny; Basal angiosperms; COM clade; Diversification time of angiosperms; Low copy nuclear genes; Malvids; Ortholog identification

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GYMNOSPERM; HERITABILITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ASTERIDS; EUKARYOTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ROSIDAE; ROSIDS;

EID: 84864564920     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04212.x     Document Type: Article

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