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PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE FRESHWATER ALGA BOLDIA ERYTHROSIPHON (COMPSOPOGONALES, RHODOPHYTA) BASED ON 18S rRNA GENE SEQUENCES
Author(s) -
Holton Raymond W.,
BoeleBos Stella A.,
Stam Wytze T.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340555.x
Subject(s) - biology , phylogenetic tree , algae , ribosomal rna , botany , ribosomal dna , phylogenetics , habitat , 18s ribosomal rna , red algae , ecology , gene , genetics
The nuclear small‐subunit ribosomal DNA sequence from the freshwater red alga Boldia erythrosiphon Herndon emend Howard et Parker was determined. Phylogenetic analysis confirms the positioning of this species within the bangiophycidean order of the Compsopogonales. The results strongly suggest that occupation of freshwater habitats by marine red algae has happened at least twice during red algal evolution.