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Interspecific relationships of the genus Cicer L. (Fabaceae) based on trnT-F sequences

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The trnT-F region in chloroplasts was sequenced to elucidate interspecific phylogenetic relationships in the genus Cicer. Twenty-five species representing four sections and two outgroups were analyzed. A phylogenetic analysis revealed three major clades in the genus Cicer. Inferred phylogenetic relationships support multiple origins of annual species in the genus Cicer. Low variation within the most perennial species in the sequence regions suggests they may have originated during a period of rapid diversification after the genus arose. High levels of sequence divergence, biogeographical patterns and morphological traits between African and Eurasian groups of species suggest that Cicer may have independently diverged on each continent. Phylogenetic analysis of sequence data did not support the monophyly of the currently recognized sections and indicated the need for a revision of the infrageneric classification.

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We are grateful to Fred Muehlbauer and Claric Coyne of the United States Department of Agriculture and Ali Asghar Maassoumi of the Central Herbarium of Iran for kindly providing seeds and samples from herbarium specimens. We also thank the National Plant Gene Bank of Iran, the Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics for seeds of some Cicer species. We wish to extend our gratitude to Yuichiro Nakayama, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo, Martin F. Wojciechowski, Aaron Liston and Akiko Soejima for their technical advice and suggestions during this research. We thank Christian Möllers and two anonymous reviewers for detailed comments and advice that greatly improved the manuscript.

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    Firouzeh Javadi & Hirofumi Yamaguchi

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Javadi, F., Yamaguchi, H. Interspecific relationships of the genus Cicer L. (Fabaceae) based on trnT-F sequences. Theor Appl Genet 109, 317–322 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-004-1622-z

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