title: Cladistic methods and chromophyte phylogeny.
abstract: An examination of systematic methods is undertaken to establish interrelationships within the chromophytic algae, focussing on their relationship to the Oomycota. Evidence from both molecular and morphological studies suggests that the Oomycota appeared before the pigmented chromophytes. Theories on the origin of the chromophyte chloroplast are examined in the light of these findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, London, U.K.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D002736:Chloroplasts; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid