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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...
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