Article
Molecular evolution of rbcL in the mycoheterotrophic coralroot orchids (Corallorhiza Gagnebin, Orchidaceae).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 May 2008
Barrett Craig F, Freudenstein John V
Abstract excerpt
The RuBisCO large subunit gene (rbcL) has been the focus of numerous plant phylogenetic studies and studies on molecular evolution in parasitic plants. However, there has been a lack of investigation of photosynthesis gene molecular evolution in fully mycoheterotrophic plants. These plants invade pre-existing mutualistic associations between ectomycorrhizal trees and fungi, from which they obtain fixed carbon and...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Base Sequence
- Codon, Nonsense
- Evolution, Molecular
- Heterotrophic Processes
- Likelihood Functions
- Mutation
- Orchidaceae
- Phylogeny
- Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase