Probing the Monophyly of the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyceae) Using Data From Five Genes

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1482-1493

  Tippery, Nicholas P ^a,b   Fučíková, Karolina ^a   Lewis, Paul O ^a   Lewis, Louise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Coccoid green algae; Flagellar apparatus; Phylogenetic information; Polytomy analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHAETOPELTIDALES; CHAETOPHORALES; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COCCOIDEA; OEDOGONIALES; SPHAEROPLEALES;

EID: 84870859470     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12003     Document Type: Article

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