Intron invasions trace algal speciation and reveal nearly identical arctic and antarctic micromonas populations

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2219-2235

  Simmons, Melinda P ^a,b   Bachy, Charles ^a   Sudek, Sebastian ^a   Van Baren, Marijke J ^a   Sudek, Lisa ^a   Ares, Manuel ^a   Worden, Alexandra Z ^a,b,c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Introner Elements; Introns; Marine algae; Phytoplankton; Polar systems; Repetitive introns

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLADISTICS; DEEP SEA; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; GENOME; GULF STREAM; IDENTITY; INTRON; METAGENOMICS; MICROMONAS; MODEL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ARCTIC; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; INVERTED REPEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PLANT RNA; RNA 18S;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYTA; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC SPECIATION; INTRONS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RNA, PLANT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84954177570     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv122     Document Type: Article

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