| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2834572 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We conducted a molecular phylogenetic analysis of a coastal sea lavender in NW Pacific using ITS sequences of nrDNA. As a result, the ITS sequences of populations on the oceanic Daito Islands were considerably different from conspecific others in nine apomorphic substitutions. This finding indicates a distance-independent geographical structure of the genetic variation among islands in NW Pacific. The calibrated rate of nucleotide substitutions in the ITS regions within L. wrightii (average: 1.41Â ÃÂ 10â8 substitutions per site per year) was higher than any other instances of substitution rates in flowering plants.
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Authors
Shun'ichi Matsumura, Jun Yokoyama, Tatsuya Fukuda, Masayuki Maki,