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The nuclear genes encoding small-subunit ribosomal RNAs (ssu-rDNAs) of the carrageenophytes Eucheuma denticulatum, E. isiforme and Kappaphycus alvarezii were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction, cloned and sequenced. The sequences range from 1767 (K. alvarezii) to 1781 (E. isiforme) nucleotides in length, and have guanine+cytosine contents between 51.2% (E. isiforme) and 51.5% (E. denticulatum). Pairwise sequence identities among these sequences ranged from 97.6% to 98.5%, levels comparable to some intergeneric identities within Gracilariales. In phylogenetic analyses, the two Eucheuma ssu-rDNAs group stably together vis-a-vis the ssu-rDNA of K. alvarezii, and these three ssu-rDNAs form a monophyletic group within a larger grouping of other carrageenophytes. The results demonstrate quantitatively that analysis of nuclear-encoded ssu-rDNA sequences is likely to be useful in resolving taxonomic, phylogenetic and biogeographic questions among tribe Eucheumatoideae Doty.
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Lluisma, A.O., Ragan, M.A. Relationships among Eucheuma denticulatum, Eucheuma isiforme and Kappaphycus alvarezii (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based on nuclear ssu-rRNA gene sequences. J Appl Phycol 7, 471–477 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00003931
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