The small, relatively constant size and conservative evolution of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) make it an ideal molecule for tracing the evolutionary history of plant species, At lower taxonomic levels, cpDNA variation is easily and conveniently assayed by comparing restriction patterns and maps, while a
Chloroplast biosystematics: Chloroplast DNA as a molecular probe
β Scribed by Rose Ann Cattolico
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 639 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0303-2647
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