A new insight into the phylogeny of vascular cryptogams with special reference to Selaginella and Isoetes inferred from nuclear ITS/5.8S rDNA sequences

Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-174

  Saha, Jayita ^a   Gupta, Kamala ^a   Gupta, Bhaskar ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ClustalW; Ferns; Isoetaceae; ITS 5.8S; Maximum parsimony; MEGA; Selaginellaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883561608     PISSN: 09717811     EISSN: 09741275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13562-013-0198-6     Document Type: Article

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