Plastid genome evolution across the genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae): Two clades within subgenus Grammica exhibit extensive gene loss

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 977-989

  Braukmann, Thomas ^a   Kuzmina, Maria ^a,b   Stefanović, Saša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dodders; heterotroph; plastid genome; slot blot hybridization

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST PROTEIN; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CUSCUTA; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLASTID GENOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHLOROPLAST PROTEINS; CUSCUTA; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLASTID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874682437     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers391     Document Type: Article

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