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RAPD patterns, nrDNA ITS sequences and morphological patterns inSilene sectionSedoideae (Caryophyllaceae)

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Hierarchical patterns inSilene sect.Sedoideae were investigated using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of the 18S–28S nuclear ribosomal DNA, and discrete morphological characters. All data sets firmly supported the species recognized. The RAPD data offered the best resolution at the intraspecific level, supporting the current intraspecific classifications ofS. sedoides andS. integripetala. The ITS sequences and the morphological data gave poor resolution within species, and the three data sets disagreed about the relationships among species. The signal from the RAPD data was strongest and remained when the total data set was analysed. The three data sets all support an amphiploid origin ofS. aegaea, with the strongest evidence from the ITS sequences. Incongruences among data sets as well as merits and shortcomings of each are discussed. The robustness of the results can be evaluated using perturbations of data, i.e., bootstrap and jackknife of taxa and characters. These methods should not be taken as methods of statistical inference at the taxonomic level, because unbiased sampling appears impossible. RAPD data, however, come close to being suitable for statistical estimation of hierarchies at the genome level, but several methodological problems have to be solved.

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Oxelman, B. RAPD patterns, nrDNA ITS sequences and morphological patterns inSilene sectionSedoideae (Caryophyllaceae). Pl Syst Evol 201, 93–116 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989054

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