Relative rates of nucleotide substitution in the chloroplast genome.

doi:10.1006/mpev.1993.1009

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Relative rates of nucleotide substitution in the chloroplast genome.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jun 1993

Gaut B S, Muse S V, Clegg M T

Abstract excerpt

Coding sequences from maize, rice, tobacco, and liverwort chloroplasts are aligned and subjected to relative rate tests. Results of rate tests suggest that coding sequences from maize and rice are evolving with homogeneous rates of nucleotide substitution while coding sequences from the grass lin...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Chloroplasts
Codon
Genes, Plant
Genetic Variation
Genome
Mutation
Nucleotides
Oryza
Plants, Toxic
Nicotiana
Zea mays

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