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Comparative Study
. 1989 Jun;28(6):536-44.
doi: 10.1007/BF02602934.

Classical plant taxonomic ambiguities extend to the molecular level

M Syvanen  1 , H Hartman, P F Stevens
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Comparative Study

Classical plant taxonomic ambiguities extend to the molecular level

M Syvanen et al. J Mol Evol. 1989 Jun.

Abstract

The molecular evolution of cytochrome c from angiosperms is compared to that from vertebrates. On the basis of a cladistic analysis from 26 plant species, compared to that from 27 vertebrate species, we find that although the vertebrate sequences yield reasonably well-defined minimal trees that are congruent with the biological tree, the plant sequences yield multiple minimal trees that are not only highly incongruent with each other, but none of which is congruent with any reasonably biological tree. That is, the plant sequence set is much more homoplastic than that of the animal. However, as judged by the relative rate test, the extent of divergence, and degree of functional constraint, cytochrome c evolution in plants does not appear to differ from that of vertebrates.

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