About this document

Phylogeny of Panicoideae Grasses by Fernanda Queiroz is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes a study that used DNA sequence data from the chloroplast gene ndhF to construct a molecular phylogeny of the grass subfamily Panicoideae. The results suggest the subfamily divides into three main clades corresponding to different base chromosome numbers. C4 photosynthesis appears to have evolved independently several times within the subfamily. Some genera were supported as monophyletic while others like Paspalum and Panicum were shown to be paraphyletic or polyphyletic. The phyloge

Author

Fernanda Queiroz

Language

EN