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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2007

Molecular phylogeny of genus Guizotia (Asteraceae) using DNA sequences derived from ITS

Bekele E, Geleta M, Dagne K, Jones AL, Barnes I, Bradman N, Thomas MG

Abstract

Complete sequences for the internal transcribed spacers of the 18s-26s nuclear ribosomal DNA were generated to establish phylogenetic relationships among five species of the genus Guizotia. Parsimony analysis and pairwise distance data produced a single tree with four clearly distinguished clades that accord with previously reported chromosomal data. The clades produced here have been discussed with reference to existing taxonomic treatments. It appears that Guizotia scabra ssp. scabra, G. scabra ssp. schimperi and Guizotia villosa have contributed to the origin of Guizotia abyssinica, the cultivated species of the genus. The present composition of the species of genus Guizotia and the subtribe the genus presently placed in are suggested to be redefined

Published in

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
2007, volume: 54, number: 7, pages: 1419-1427
Publisher: SPRINGER

Authors' information

Geleta, Mulatu Dida (Dida, Mulatu Geleta)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Plant breeding and Biotechnology
Barnes, I
Bradman, N.
Jones, A. L.
Thomas, M. G.
Bekele, Endashaw
Dagne, Kifle

UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-006-9126-0

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/17097