Premium
Evidence for Maternal Transmission of Chloroplast DNA in the Genus Asplenium (Aspleniaceae, Pteridophyta)
Author(s) -
Vogel J. Chr,
Russell S. J.,
Rumsey F. J.,
Barrett J. A.,
Gibby Mary
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
botanica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0932-8629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1998.tb00704.x
Subject(s) - biology , chloroplast dna , chloroplast , botany , phylogenetic tree , genus , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene
Little is known about the mode of transmission of chloroplasts in ferns, despite the importance of such knowledge for molecular phylogenetic and biosystematic studies. Andersson‐Kötto (1930, 1931) inferred from crossing experiments that chloroplasts are inherited biparentally in Asplenium scolopendrium L. Here we present evidence from artificial hybridisation that demonstrates maternal inheritance of chloroplast DNA in the genus Asplenium (Aspleniaceae, Pteridophyta) using length variation in a non‐coding spacer ( trn L UAA ‐ trn F GAA ) in the chloroplast DNA.