Fast evolution of the retroprocessed mitochondrial rps3 gene in Conifer II and further evidence for the phylogeny of gymnosperms

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-149

  Ran, Jin Hua ^a   Gao, Hui ^a   Wang, Xiao Quan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerated evolution; Conifer II; Intron loss; Mitochondrial gene; Retroprocessing; RNA editing; rps3

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S3; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GYMNOSPERM; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; RNA EDITING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, PLANT; GYMNOSPERMS; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA EDITING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; GNETALES; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 70649103857     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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