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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-23
pubmed:abstractText
As the largest and the basal-most family of conifers, Pinaceae provides key insights into the evolutionary history of conifers. We present comparative chloroplast genomics and analysis of concatenated 49 chloroplast protein-coding genes common to 19 gymnosperms, including 15 species from 8 Pinaceous genera, to address the long-standing controversy about Pinaceae phylogeny. The complete cpDNAs of Cathaya argyrophylla and Cedrus deodara (Abitoideae) and draft cpDNAs of Larix decidua, Picea morrisonicola, and Pseudotsuga wilsoniana are reported. We found 21- and 42-kb inversions in congeneric species and different populations of Pinaceous species, which indicates that structural polymorphics may be common and ancient in Pinaceae. Our phylogenetic analyses reveal that Cedrus is clustered with Abies-Keteleeria rather than the basal-most genus of Pinaceae and that Cathaya is closer to Pinus than to Picea or Larix-Pseudotsuga. Topology and structural change tests and indel-distribution comparisons lend further evidence to our phylogenetic finding. Our molecular datings suggest that Pinaceae first evolved during Early Jurassic, and diversification of Pinaceous subfamilies and genera took place during Mid-Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous, respectively. Using different maximum-likelihood divergences as thresholds, we conclude that 2 (Abietoideae and Larix-Pseudotsuga-Piceae-Cathaya-Pinus), 4 (Cedrus, non-Cedrus Abietoideae, Larix-Pseudotsuga, and Piceae-Cathaya-Pinus), or 5 (Cedrus, non-Cedrus Abietoideae, Larix-Pseudotsuga, Picea, and Cathaya-Pinus) groups/subfamilies are more reasonable delimitations for Pinaceae. Specifically, our views on subfamilial classifications differ from previous studies in terms of the rank of Cedrus and with recognition of more than two subfamilies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1759-6653
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
504-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Cedrus, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-DNA, Chloroplast, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Genome, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Genomics, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-INDEL Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Larix, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Picea, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Pinaceae, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Pinus, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Pseudotsuga, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:20651328-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparative chloroplast genomics reveals the evolution of Pinaceae genera and subfamilies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't