evolution and utility of ribosomal ITS sequences in Bambusinae and related species: divergence, pseudogenes, and implications for phylogeny

• Published in: Journal of genetics Vol. 91; no. 2; pp. 129 - 139
• Main Authors: SONG, HUI-XING, GAO, SU-PING, JIANG, MING-YAN, LIU, GUANG-LI, YU, XIAO-FANG, CHEN, QI-BING
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Springer-Verlag 01.08.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Bamboo; Bambusa; Bambusa - genetics; Base Sequence; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bonia; concerted evolution; Conserved Sequence; Dendrocalamus; Dinochloa; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary Biology; Gene Regulatory Networks; Genes, Plant; Genetic Loci; Genetic research; Gigantochloa; Guadua; Haplotypes; internal transcribed spacers; Life Sciences; loci; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; molecular systematics; Oxytenanthera; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plants; Polymorphism, Genetic; Pseudogenes; Pseudosasa; Research Article; ribosomal DNA; risk; Schizostachyum; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; pseudogenes; phylogenetic analysis; evolution; Bambusinae; internal transcribed spacer

Ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences are commonly used for phylogenetic reconstruction because they are highly reiterated as components of rDNA repeats, and hence are often subject to rapid homogenization through concerted evolution. Concerted evolution leads to intragenomic uniform...