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Pervasive purifying selection characterizes the evolution of I2 homologs.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Mar 2006
Couch Brett C, Spangler Russ, Ramos Christine, May Georgiana
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We sampled 384 sequences related to the Solanum pimpinellifolium (=Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium) disease resistance (R) gene 12 from six species, potato, S. demissum, tomato, eggplant, pepper, and tobacco. These species represent increasing phylogenetic distance from potato to tobacco, within the family Solanaceae. Using sequence data from the nucleotide binding site (NBS) region of this gene, we tested models...
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