MBE Advance Access published online on June 27, 2003
Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/molbev/msg159
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1 Institut für Spezielle Botanik, Universität Jena, Philosophenweg 16, D-07743 Jena, Germany
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Vadim.Goremykin{at}uni-jena.de.
Phylogenetic analyses based on comparison of a limited number of genes recently suggested that Amborella trichopoda is the most ancient angiosperm. Here we present the complete sequence of the chloroplast genome of this plant. It does not display any of the genes characteristical of chloroplast DNA of the gymnosperm Pinus thunbergii (chlB, chlL, chlN, psaM and ycf12). The majority of phylogenetic analyses of protein-coding genes of this chloroplast DNA suggests that Amborella is not the basal angiosperm and not even the most basal among dicots. Key Words:
Amborella, chloroplast genomes, angiosperms, gymnosperms, molecular evolution, substitution rates
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Analysis of the Amborella trichopoda Chloroplast Genome Sequence Suggests That Amborella Is not a Basal Angiosperm
2 Zentrum Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
3 Klinik für Innere Medizin, Universität Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07740 Jena, Germany
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