Frequent pseudogenization and loss of the plastid-encoded sulfate-transport gene cysA throughout the evolution of liverworts

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1263-1275

  Wickett, Norman J ^a   Forrest, Laura L ^b   Budke, Jessica M ^b   Shaw, Blanka ^c   Goffinet, Bernard ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cysA; Gene loss; Liverwort; Plastid; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANCESTRY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; LIVERWORT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTID;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LIVERWORT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLASTID; PLASTID GENOME; PSEUDOGENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLASTID; HEPATOPHYTA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; PSEUDOGENES; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 84858406822     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100010     Document Type: Article

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