Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species



Document title: Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species
Journal: Genetics and molecular biology
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000401322
ISSN: 1415-4757
Authors: 1
2
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Genetica, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 39
Number: 4
Pages: 658-664
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English 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
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Angiospermas,
Evolución y filogenia,
Genética,
Genes de desarrollo,
Especiación,
Filogenia molecular,
Especies divergentes,
Petunia
Keyword: Biology,
Angiosperms,
Evolution and phylogeny,
Genetics,
Developmental genes,
Speciation,
Molecular phylogeny,
Divergent species,
Petunia
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