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Molecular evolution of rbcL in three gymnosperm families: identifying adaptive and coevolutionary patterns.
Biology direct - 3 Jun 2011
Sen Lin, Fares Mario A, Liang Bo, Gao Lei, Wang Bo, Wang Ting, Su Ying-Juan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The chloroplast-localized ribulose-1, 5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco), the primary enzyme responsible for autotrophy, is instrumental in the continual adaptation of plants to variations in the concentrations of CO2. The large subunit (LSU) of Rubisco is encoded by the chloroplast rbcL gene. Although adaptive processes have been previously identified at this gene, characterizing the...
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