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Evolution of the Nor and 5SDna Loci in the Triticeae

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Molecular Systematics of Plants

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The Nor and 5SDna loci are composed of tandem arrays of units that carry the genes coding for RNA products, as well as associated spacers. Extensive sequence data bases are available for the RNA products of both loci in a wide range of organisms (reviewed in Appels and Honeycutt, 1986; Erdmann and Wolters, 1986; Huysmans and DeWachter, 1986; Woese, 1987). The available information at the nucleotide sequence level has been used in both phenetic and cladistic analyses to assess the relationships between organisms (Hendriks et al., 1986; Dams et al., 1987; Woese, 1987; Wolters and Erdmann, 1988; Van den Eyne et al., 1988; Hamby and Zimmer, 1988; Johnson and Baverstock, 1989; Gouy and Li, 1989). The spacer regions separating the genes at these loci have also been studied in considerable detail (reviewed in Appels and Honeycutt, 1986), at both the restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) banding pattern level and sequence level. They were found to evolve at a rate that appears to be much faster than the gene regions. The depth of analysis of the Nor and 5SDna loci at the structure/function and evolutionary level is thus unique, and the available data suggest that the repetitive nature of the loci per se does not preclude them from being valuable taxonomic characters.

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Appels, R., Baum, B. (1992). Evolution of the Nor and 5SDna Loci in the Triticeae. 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_5

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