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HEREDITAS ›› 2006, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (10): 1265-1272.

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Sequence Variation of Chloroplast Gene infA- rpl36 Region Occurred in some Triticeae Species

LIU Chang1; YANG Zu-Jun1; LI Guang-Rong2; FENG Juan1; DENG Ke-Jun1; HUANG Jian1;REN Zheng-Long1;2   

  1. 1. School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an 625014, China
  • Online:2006-10-01 Published:2006-10-01

Abstract: Based on the sequenced wheat chloroplast genome (cpDNA), a pair of primers in infA-rp136 region was designed and used to amplify DNA from 12 diploid or polyploid Triticeae species. The 12 PCR products were cloned and sequenced. The resulting sequences ranged from 584 to 601bp. DNA sequence analysis revealed that variation was higher in their intergenic regions than in their coding regions. Among these 12 species, the DNA sequence of coding region of infA gene showed homology as high as 97 percent, indicating that the infA gene is highly conserved among species. However, substantial deletions and insertions were found in 5 out of 12 deduced amino acid sequences, confirming that infA is one of the most evolutionally active cpDNA genes. Whereas the low variation was observed in rp136 gene, implying that the different genes has different evolutionary speed. The constructed phylogenetic trees demonstrate that the polyploidy species Thinopyrum intermedium might have different origin of cytoplasm, and their cytoplasm origins are as complex as their nuclear genome origins.

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