Evolutionary history of tall fescue morphotypes inferred from molecular phylogenetics of the Lolium-Festucaspecies complex |
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Authors: | Melanie L Hand Noel OI Cogan Alan V Stewart John W Forster |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Primary Industries, Biosciences Research Division, Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre, 1 Park Drive,La Trobe University Research and Development Park,Bundoora,Australia;2.Molecular Plant Breeding and Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centres,Australia;3.La Trobe University,Bundoora,Australia;4.PGG Wrightson Seeds,Lincoln,Canterbury,New Zealand |
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Abstract: | Background The agriculturally important pasture grass tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb. syn. Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.) is an outbreeding allohexaploid, that may be more accurately described as a species complex consisting of three major (Continental, Mediterranean and rhizomatous) morphotypes. Observation of hybrid infertility in some crossing combinations between morphotypes suggests the possibility of independent origins from different diploid progenitors. This study aims to clarify the evolutionary relationships between each tall fescue morphotype through phylogenetic analysis using two low-copy nuclear genes (encoding plastid acetyl-CoA carboxylase [Acc1] and centroradialis [CEN]), the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (rDNA ITS) and the chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) genome-located matK gene. Other taxa within the closely related Lolium-Festuca species complex were also included in the study, to increase understanding of evolutionary processes in a taxonomic group characterised by multiple inter-specific hybridisation events. |
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