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Ribosomal RNA as a Phylogenetic Tool in Plant Systematics

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Molecular Systematics of Plants

Abstract

The traditional classification of plants into respective classes, orders, families, genera, and species has until recently been based on shared morphologic, cytologic, biochemical, and ecologic traits. The development of techniques in molecular biology including those for molecular hybridization, cloning, restriction endo-nuclease digestions, and protein and nucleic acid sequencing have provided many new tools for the investigation of phylogenetic relationships. At the molecular level, the most fundamental comparison possible is of the primary nucleotide sequences of homologous genes in different populations or species.

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Hamby, R.K., Zimmer, E.A. (1992). Ribosomal RNA as a Phylogenetic Tool in Plant Systematics. In: Soltis, P.S., Soltis, D.E., Doyle, J.J. (eds) Molecular Systematics of Plants. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3276-7_4

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