Phylogeny and divergence times of gymnosperms inferred from single-copy nuclear genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Lu, Ying ^a   Ran, Jin Hua ^a   Guo, Dong Mei ^a   Yang, Zu Yu ^a   Wang, Xiao Quan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAUCARIACEAE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOTAXACEAE; CUPRESSACEAE; CYCADOPHYTA; DNA MARKER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GINKGOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERM; INTRON; LFY GENE; NLY GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EVOLUTION; PODOCARPACEAE; SEED PLANT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXACEAE; TIME; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

GYMNOSPERMAE;

RIBOSOME DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GYMNOSPERMS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84907164588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107679     Document Type: Article

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