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The pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) gene family, a tremendous resource for plant phylogenetic studies.
The New phytologist - 1 Jan 2009
Yuan Yao-Wu, Liu Chang, Marx Hannah E, Olmstead Richard G
Abstract excerpt
* Despite the paramount importance of nuclear gene data in plant phylogenetics, the search for candidate loci is believed to be challenging and time-consuming. Here we report that the pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) gene family, containing hundreds of members in plant genomes, holds tremendous potential as nuclear gene markers. * We compiled a list of 127 PPR loci that are all intronless and have a single...
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