C4 photosynthesis promoted species diversification during the miocene grassland expansion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Spriggs, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Christinb, Pascal Antoine ^a,c   Edwards, Erika J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BINARY STATE SPECIATION AND EXTINCTION METHOD; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TURBOMEDUSA METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GRASSLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE;

EID: 84901295043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097722     Document Type: Article

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