chlL (frxC) gene: phylogenetic distribution in vascular plants and DNA sequence from Polystichum acrostichoides (Pteridophyta) and Synechococcus sp. 7002 (Cyanobacteria)

We examined chlL (frxC) gene evolution using several approaches. Sequences from the chloroplast genome of the fern Polystichum acrostichoides and from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. 7002 were determined and found to be highly conserved. A complete physical map of the fern chloroplast genome an...

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Published in:Plant systematics and evolution 1993-01, Vol.187 (1/4), p.89-102
Main Authors: Burke, D.H, Raubeson, L.A, Alberti, M, Hearst, J.E, Jordan, E.T, Kirch, S.A, Valinski, A.E.C, Conant, D.S, Stein, D.B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino acids
Biological and medical sciences
Biological evolution
chlorophyll
Chlorophylls
Chloroplasts
chromosome mapping
DNA
evolution
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
gene location
genes
Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution
genome
Genomes
nucleotide sequences
Nucleotides
Phylogenetics
phylogeny
Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution
Plant evolution
Polymerase chain reaction
Polystichum
Rhodobacter capsulatus
species
Synechococcus
synthesis
Taxa
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Summary:We examined chlL (frxC) gene evolution using several approaches. Sequences from the chloroplast genome of the fern Polystichum acrostichoides and from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. 7002 were determined and found to be highly conserved. A complete physical map of the fern chloroplast genome and partial maps of other vascular plant taxa show that chlL is located primarily in the small single copy region as in Marchantia polymorpha. A survey of a wide variety of non-angiospermous vascular plant DNAs shows that chlL is widely distributed but has been lost in the pteridophyte Psilotum and (presumably independently) within the Gnetalean gymnosperms.
ISSN:0378-2697
1615-6110
DOI:10.1007/BF00994092