Multiple photosynthetic transitions, polyploidy, and lateral gene transfer in the grass subtribe Neurachninae

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6297-6308

  Christin, Pascal Antoine ^a   Wallace, Mark J ^b,c   Clayton, Harmony ^b   Edwards, Erika J ^a   Furbank, Robert T ^d   Hattersley, Paul W ^b   Sage, Rowan F ^e   MacFarlane, Terry D ^f   Ludwig, Martha ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

C3 C4 intermediate; C4 grass evolution; C4 photosynthesis; grass phylogeny; lateral gene transfer; Neurachne; Paraneurachne; polyploidy

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLASTID; POACEAE; POLYPLOIDY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME SIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLASTIDS; POACEAE; POLYPLOIDY;

NEURACHNE; NEURACHNE MUNROI; PARANEURACHNE; PARANEURACHNE MUELLERI; POACEAE;

EID: 84868019332     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers282     Document Type: Article

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