Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species
Abstract Developmental genes are believed to contribute to major changes during plant evolution, from infrageneric to higher levels. Due to their putative high sequence conservation, developmental genes are rarely used as molecular markers, and few studies including these sequences at low taxonomic...
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doaj-11c576b4814f4cba91bbff2f8cb8b5252020-11-25T02:54:59ZengSociedade Brasileira de GenéticaGenetics and Molecular Biology1678-4685010.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2016-0073S1415-47572016005015104Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia speciesAna Lúcia Anversa SegattoClaudia Elizabeth ThompsonLoreta Brandão FreitasAbstract Developmental genes are believed to contribute to major changes during plant evolution, from infrageneric to higher levels. Due to their putative high sequence conservation, developmental genes are rarely used as molecular markers, and few studies including these sequences at low taxonomic levels exist. WUSCHEL-related homeobox genes (WOX) are transcription factors exclusively present in plants and are involved in developmental processes. In this study, we characterized the infrageneric genetic variation of Petunia WOX genes. We obtained phylogenetic relationships consistent with other phylogenies based on nuclear markers, but with higher statistical support, resolution in terminals, and compatibility with flower morphological changes.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572016005015104&lng=en&tlng=enmolecular phylogenyrecently diverged speciesdevelopmental genes |
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Ana Lúcia Anversa Segatto Claudia Elizabeth Thompson Loreta Brandão Freitas |
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Ana Lúcia Anversa Segatto Claudia Elizabeth Thompson Loreta Brandão Freitas Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species Genetics and Molecular Biology molecular phylogeny recently diverged species developmental genes |
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Ana Lúcia Anversa Segatto Claudia Elizabeth Thompson Loreta Brandão Freitas |
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Ana Lúcia Anversa Segatto |
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Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species |
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Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species |
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Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species |
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Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species |
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Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species |
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contribution of wuschel-related homeobox (wox) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among petunia species |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética |
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Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Abstract Developmental genes are believed to contribute to major changes during plant evolution, from infrageneric to higher levels. Due to their putative high sequence conservation, developmental genes are rarely used as molecular markers, and few studies including these sequences at low taxonomic levels exist. WUSCHEL-related homeobox genes (WOX) are transcription factors exclusively present in plants and are involved in developmental processes. In this study, we characterized the infrageneric genetic variation of Petunia WOX genes. We obtained phylogenetic relationships consistent with other phylogenies based on nuclear markers, but with higher statistical support, resolution in terminals, and compatibility with flower morphological changes. |
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molecular phylogeny recently diverged species developmental genes |
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