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The cytonuclear dimension of allopolyploid evolution: an example from cotton using rubisco.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2012
Gong Lei, Salmon Armel, Yoo Mi-Jeong, Grupp Kara K, Wang Zining, Paterson Andrew H, Wendel Jonathan F
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During allopolyploid speciation, two divergent nuclear genomes merge, yet only one (usually the maternal) of the two sets of progenitor organellar genomes is maintained. Rubisco (1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) is composed of nuclear-encoded small subunits (SSUs) and plastome-encoded large subunits (LSUs), providing an ideal system to explore the evolutionary process of cytonuclear accommodation. Here, we...
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