Land Plant Chloroplast Genomics and Phylogeny

Recently, the complete chloroplast genome of the leptosporangiate fern Adiantum was sequenced in the Wolf lab (See reference below). In collaboration with other researchers on the Green tree of Life Project we are now sequencing several other chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes in an attempt to resolve these phylogenetic relationships among all green plants, inlcuding the green algal lineages.

Wolf, P. G. , C. A. Rowe, R. B. Sinclair, M. Hasebe. 2003. Complete nucleotide sequence of the chloroplast genome from a leptosporangiate fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris L. DNA Research: In Press. Abstract

Wolf, P. G., C. A. Rowe, and M. Hasebe. 2004. High levels of RNA editing in a vascular plant chloroplast genome: analysis of transcripts from the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris. Gene 339: 89-97.

Wolf, P.G, K.G. Karol, D. F. Mandoli, J. Kuehl, K. Arumuganathan, M. W. Ellis, B. D. Mishler, D. G. Kelch, R. G. Olmstead, J. L. Boore. 2005. The first complete chloroplast genome sequence of a lycophyte, Huperzia lucidula (Lycopodiaceae). Gene: 117-128.

Link to GenBank accession Adiantum chloroplast genome sequence: AY178864

Link to GenBank accession Huperzia chloroplast genome sequence: AY660566

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