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CONTENTS OF THE ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, VOL. 80, NUMBER 3
rbcL Sequence Data and Phylogenetic Reconstruction in Seed Plants.
Foreword. Gerard Zurawski & Michael T. Clegg
Introduction. Douglas E. Soltis, Mark W. Chase & Richard G. Olmstead
Phylogenetics of Seed Plants: An Analysis of Nucleotide Sequences from the Plastid Gene rbcL. Mark W. Chase, Douglas E. Soltis, Richard G. Olmstead, David Morgan, Donald H. Les, Brent D. Mishler, Melvin R. Duvall, Robert A. Price, Harold G. Hills, Yin-Long Qiu, Kathleen A. Kron, Jeffrey H. Rettig, Elena Conti, Jeffrey D. Palmer, James R. Manhart, Kenneth J. Sytsma, Helen J. Michaels, W. John Kress, Kenneth G. Karol, W. Dennis Clark, Mikael Hedren, Brandon S. Gaut, Robert K. Jansen, Ki-Joong Kim, Charles F. Wimpee, James F. Smith, Glenn R. Furnier, Steven H. Strauss, Qiu-Yun Xiang, Gregory M. Plunkett, Pamela S. Soltis, Susan M. Swensen, Stephen E. Williams, Paul A. Gadek, Christopher J. Quinn, Luis E. Eguiarte, Edward Golenberg, Gerald H. Learn, Jr., Sean W. Graham, Spencer C.H. Barrett, Selvadurai Dayanandan & Victor A. Albert
An Analysis of Relationships within the Cupressaceae Sensu Stricto Based on rbcL Sequences. Paul A. Gadek & Christopher J. Quinn
Molecular Phylogenetics of the Magnoliidae: Cladistic Analyses of Nucleotide Sequences of the Plastid Gene rbcL. Yin-Long Qiu, Mark W. Chase, Donald H. Les & Clifford R. Parks
Phylogenetic Hypotheses for the Monocotyledons Contructed from rbcL Sequence Data. Melvin R. Duvall, Michael T. Clegg, Mark W. Chase, W. Dennis Clark, W. John Kress, Harold G. Hills, Luis e. Eguiarte, James F. Smith, Brandon S. Gaut, Elizabeth A. Zimmer & Gerald H. Learn, Jr.
Phylogenetic Analysis of the Zingiberales Based on rbcL Sequences. James F. Smith, W. John Kress & Elizabeth A. Zimmer
Phylogenetic Relationships Among Members of Saxifragaceae Sensu Lato Based on rbcL Sequence Data. David R. Morgan & Douglas E. Soltis
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Geraniaceae and Geraniales from rbcL Sequence Comparison. Robert A. Price & Jeffrey D. Palmer
Tribal Relationships in Onagraceae: Implications from rbcL Sequence Data. Elena Conti, Anthony Fischbach & Kenneth J. Sytsma
Nucleotide Sequences of the rbcL Gene Indicate Monophyly of Mustard Oil Plants. James Rodman, Robert A. Price, Kenneth Karol, Elena Conti, Kenneth J. Sytsma & Jeffrey D. Palmer
A Parsimony Analysis of the Asteridae Sensu Lato Based on rbcL Sequences. Richard G. Olmstead, Birgitta Bremer, Kathy M. Scott & Jeffrey D. Palmer
Phylogenetic Relationships of Cornus Sensu Lato and Putative Relatives Inferred from rbcL Sequence Data. Qiu-Yun Xiang, Douglas E. Soltis, David R. Morgan & Pamela S. Soltis
Systematics of the Ericaceae, Empetraceae, Epacridaceae and Related Taxa Based Upon rbcL Sequence Data. Kathleen A. Kron & Mark W. Chase
Interfamilial Relationships of the Asteraceae: Insights from rbcL Sequence Variation. Helen J. Michaels, Kathy M. Scott, Richard G. Olmstead, Tim Szaro, Robert K. Jansen & Jeffrey D. Palmer
Character-state Weighting for Cladistic Analysis of Protein-coding DNA Sequences. Victor A. Albert, Mark W. Chase & Brent D. Misler
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