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Genome-wide analyses of Geraniaceae plastid DNA reveal unprecedented patterns of increased nucleotide substitutions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 25 Nov 2008
Guisinger Mary M, Kuehl Jennifer V, Boore Jeffrey L, Jansen Robert K
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Angiosperm plastid genomes are generally conserved in gene content and order with rates of nucleotide substitutions for protein-coding genes lower than for nuclear protein-coding genes. A few groups have experienced genomic change, and extreme changes in gene content and order are found within the flowering plant family Geraniaceae. The complete plastid genome sequence of Pelargonium X hortorum (Geraniaceae)...
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