Plant mitochondrial genome peculiarities evolving in the earliest vascular plant lineages

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Knoop, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endosymbiotic gene transfer; Group I and group II introns; Organelle DNA recombination; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EUKARYOTA; ISOETALES; LYCOPODIALES; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; SELAGINELLALES; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84876257763     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2012.00228.x     Document Type: Review

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