Studies of phylogenetic relationships and evolution of functional traits in diatoms

The research presented here deals with inferring phylogenetic trees and their use to study the evolution of functional traits in diatoms (Heterokontophyta: Bacillariophyceae). Two chapters are concerned with the phylogeny of a mainly freshwater group, the Cymbellales, with a convoluted taxonomic his...

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Main Author: Nakov, Teofil
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/24812