Review
Green algal phylogeny
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, v 10(4), pp 159-163
1995
PMID: 21236987
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Abstract
Studies on the fine structure of green algal cells in the 1970s fundamentally revised theories on the evolution of green algae (Division Chlorophyta) and their relation to higher and drier green plants (i.e. embryophytes or land plants). Recent molecular phylogenetic work has largely confirmed some rather unorthodox proposals about which of the green algae represent the closest living relatives of higher plants. Resolution of the most ancient divergences on the green algal-land plant lineage remains elusive because of the rapidity of these evolutionary radiations and because branch topology varies with the taxa and molecular sequences sampled (as well as method of analysis). Molecular analyses within green algal groups have reinforced the value of ultrastructural characters and challenged the use of vegetative form as on overriding feature in classification.
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- Title
- Green algal phylogeny
- Creators
- Richard M. McCourt - DePaul University
- Publication Details
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution, v 10(4), pp 159-163
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Review
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1995QM04000009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0029164008
- Other Identifier
- 991019319237804721
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