Extensive Intraindividual Variation in Plastid rDNA Sequences from the Holoparasite Cynomorium coccineum (Cynomoriaceae)

• Published in: Journal of molecular evolution Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 322 - 332
• Main Authors: García, Miguel A., Nicholson, Erica H., Nickrent, Daniel L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Springer Nature B.V 01.03.2004
• Subjects: Algae; Aquatic plants; Base Composition; Base Pairing; Base Sequence; Cynomoriaceae; Cynomorium - genetics; Cynomorium coccineum; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA Primers; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; Genetic Variation; Genomics; Mitochondria; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation - genetics; Parasitic plants; Phylogeny; Plant biology; Plastids; Plastids - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Spain; Translocation; Spain

Ribosomal genes are considered to have a high degree of sequence conservation between species and also at higher taxonomic levels. In this paper we document a case where a single individual of Cynomorium coccineum (Cynomoriaceae), a nonphotosynthetic holoparasitic plant, contains highly divergent pl...