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Mesostigmatophyceae, a new class of streptophyte green algae revealed by SSU rRNA sequence comparisonsB Marin
Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universitat zu Koln, Germany
Protist 150:399-417. 1999....
Nested in the Chlorellales or independent class? Phylogeny and classification of the Pedinophyceae (Viridiplantae) revealed by molecular phylogenetic analyses of complete nuclear and plastid-encoded rRNA operonsBirger Marin
Biozentrum Köln, Botanisches Institut, Universitat zu Koln, Zülpicher Str 47b, 50674 Koln, Germany
Protist 163:778-805. 2012..The latter approach revealed conserved habitat preferences for the Marsupiomonadales and Pedinomonadales, and identified several novel pedinophyte lineages...
Loss of the insulator protein CTCF during nematode evolutionPeter Heger
Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 15, 50937 Koln, Germany
BMC Mol Biol 10:84. 2009..We therefore searched in nematodes for orthologs of proteins that are involved in chromatin insulation...
A close-up view on ITS2 evolution and speciation - a case study in the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae)Lenka Caisová
Universitat zu Koln, Biozentrum Köln, Botanisches Institut, Zülpicher Str 47b, 50674 Koln, Germany
BMC Evol Biol 11:262. 2011....
Molecular phylogeny and classification of the Mamiellophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta) based on sequence comparisons of the nuclear- and plastid-encoded rRNA operonsBirger Marin
Biowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universitat zu Koln, Otto Fischer Str 6, 50674 Koln, Germany
Protist 161:304-36. 2010..The Mamiellophyceae represent one of the ecologically most successful groups of eukaryotic, photosynthetic picoplankters in marine and likely also freshwater environments...
The ancestor of the Paulinella chromatophore obtained a carboxysomal operon by horizontal gene transfer from a Nitrococcus-like gamma-proteobacteriumBirger Marin
Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universitat zu Koln, Koln, Germany
BMC Evol Biol 7:85. 2007..In rDNA-phylogenies, the Paulinella chromatophore diverged basal to the PS-clade, raising the question whether the HGT occurred before or after the split of the chromatophore ancestor...
A plastid in the making: evidence for a second primary endosymbiosisBirger Marin
Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universitat zu Koln, Gyrhofstrasse 15, 50931 Koln, Germany
Protist 156:425-32. 2005....
Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structureBirger Marin
Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universitat zu Koln, Gyrhofstr 15, D 50931 Köln, Germany
Protist 154:99-145. 2003..The sister clade of Phacus s. str. (mixed Euglena/Lepocinclis-clade) was identified as Lepocinclis Perty (emended)...
Are combined analyses better than single gene phylogenies? A case study using SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons in the Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta)Andrey A Gontcharov
Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universitat zu Koln, Koln, Germany
Mol Biol Evol 21:612-24. 2004..Long-branch taxa were not the same for the two genes analyzed, and, thus, their effect on phylogenetic resolution was minimized in the combined analyses...
Nuclear and nucleomorph SSU rDNA phylogeny in the Cryptophyta and the evolution of cryptophyte diversityKerstin Hoef-Emden
Botanisches Institut, Universitat zu Koln, Lehrstuhl I, Gyrhofstrasse 15, 50931 Koln, Germany
J Mol Evol 55:161-79. 2002....
Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Chlamydomonas (Chlorophyta). I. Emendation of Chlamydomonas Ehrenberg and Chloromonas Gobi, and description of Oogamochlamys gen. nov. and Lobochlamys gen. novT Pröschold
Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universitat zu Koln, Germany
Protist 152:265-300. 2001....
Streptophyte algae and the origin of embryophytesBurkhard Becker
Botanisches Institut, Universitat zu Koln, Gyrhofstrasse 16, Koln, Germany
Ann Bot 103:999-1004. 2009..The complete genomes of a few key streptophyte algae taxa will be required for a better understanding of the colonization of terrestrial habitats by streptophytes...
Origin and fate of chloroplasts in the EuglenoidaBirger Marin
Protist 155:13-4. 2004
