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Highly variable chloroplast markers for evaluating plant phylogeny at low taxonomic levels and for DNA barcoding.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Dong Wenpan, Liu Jing, Yu Jing, Wang Ling, Zhou Shiliang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: At present, plant molecular systematics and DNA barcoding techniques rely heavily on the use of chloroplast gene sequences. Because of the relatively low evolutionary rates of chloroplast genes, there are very few choices suitable for molecular studies on angiosperms at low taxonomic levels, and for DNA barcoding of species. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We scanned the entire chloroplast genomes of...
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