Reevaluation of the cox1 group I intron in araceae and angiosperms indicates a history dominated by loss rather than horizontal transfer

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-276

  Cusimano, Natalie ^a   Zhang, Li Bing ^b,c   Renner, Susanne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Coconversion; cox1 gene; Group I intron; Horizontal gene transfer; Mitochondrial genome

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE COX 1; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TAXON;

ANGIOSPERMS; ARACEAE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOPUS;

ARACEAE; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 38949169204     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm241     Document Type: Article

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