Ribosomal ITS sequences and plant phylogenetic inference

I Álvarez, JF Wendel - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2003 - Elsevier
One of the most popular sequences for phylogenetic inference at the generic and
infrageneric levels in plants is the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the 18S–5.8 S …

Better the devil you know? Guidelines for insightful utilization of nrDNA ITS in species-level evolutionary studies in plants

GN Feliner, JA Rosselló - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2007 - Elsevier
The internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of the nuclear ribosomal 18S–5.8 S–26S cistron
continue to be the most popular non-plastid region for species-level phylogenetic studies of …

Paraphyly of Tarasa (Malvaceae) and diverse origins of the polyploid species

JA Tate, BB Simpson - Systematic Botany, 2003 - BioOne
A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Andean genus Tarasa (Malvaceae) and related
genera yielded unexpected results regarding generic boundaries, the origins of polyploidy …

Direct amplification of the entire ITS region from poorly preserved plant material using recombinant PCR

FR Blattner - BioTechniques, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
Sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of the nuclear ribosomal DNA are
important molecular markers in phylogenetic analyses. To obtain sequences from herbarium …

The evolution of ribosomal DNA divergent paralogues and phylogenetic implications

ES Buckler IV, A Ippolito, TP Holtsford - Genetics, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Although nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) repeats evolve together through concerted
evolution, some genomes contain a considerable diversity of paralogous rDNA. This …

The internal transcribed spacer 2 exhibits a common secondary structure in green algae and flowering plants

JC Mai, AW Coleman - Journal of Molecular Evolution, 1997 - Springer
Sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS-2) regions of the nuclear rDNA repeats
from 111 organisms of the family Volvocaceae (Chlorophyta) and unicellular organisms of …

A molecular phylogeny of Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae: evidence from nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences

SR Downie, DS Katz‐Downie - American journal of botany, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogenetic relationships among 40 New World and Old World members of Apiaceae
subfamily Apioideae, representing seven of the eight tribes and eight of the ten subtribes …

Measuring rDNA diversity in eukaryotic microbial systems: how intragenomic variation, pseudogenes, and PCR artifacts confound biodiversity estimates

DJ Thornhill, TC Lajeunesse, SR Santos - Molecular ecology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular approaches have revolutionized our ability to study the ecology and evolution of
micro‐organisms. Among the most widely used genetic markers for these studies are genes …

Nuclear ribosomal spacer regions in plant phylogenetics: problems and prospects

P Poczai, J Hyvönen - Molecular biology reports, 2010 - Springer
The nuclear ribosomal locus coding for the large subunit is represented in tandem arrays in
the plant genome. These consecutive gene blocks, consisting of several regions, are widely …

Multiple hybrid formation in natural populations: concerted evolution of the internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS) in North American Arabis …

MA Koch, C Dobeš… - Molecular Biology and …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
DNA sequence variation of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of nuclear ribosomal
DNA from Arabis holboellii, A. drummondii, and its putative hybrid A. divaricarpa was …