Episodic evolution and adaptation of chloroplast genomes in ancestral grasses.

<h4>Background</h4>It has been suggested that the chloroplast genomes of the grass family, Poaceae, have undergone an elevated evolutionary rate compared to most other angiosperms, yet the details of this phenomenon have remained obscure. To know how the rate change occurred during evolu...

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Main Authors: Bojian Zhong, Takahiro Yonezawa, Yang Zhong, Masami Hasegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19390686/pdf/?tool=EBI