High rates of nucleotide substitution in nuclear small-subunit (18S) rDNA from holoparasitic flowering plants.

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High rates of nucleotide substitution in nuclear small-subunit (18S) rDNA from holoparasitic flowering plants.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Jul 1994

Nickrent D L, Starr E M

Abstract excerpt

Relative rate tests, using Gnetum as a reference taxon, were conducted on nuclear 18S rRNA sequences from 10 angiosperms including autotrophic nonparasites (Arabidopsis, Asarum, Glycine, Malpighia, and Zea), a chlorophyllous hemiparasite (Arceuthobium--Viscaceae), and achlorophyllous holoparasite...

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Ribosomal
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Phylogeny
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Plants
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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