Chemodiversity in Selaginella: A reference system for parallel and convergent metabolic evolution in terrestrial plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Weng, Jing Ke ^a   Noel, Joseph P ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemodiversity; Convergent evolution; Parallel evolution; Selaginella; Specialized metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895066328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00119     Document Type: Review

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