Molecular Data from the Chloroplast rpoC1 Gene Suggest a Deep and Distinct Dichotomy of Contemporary Spermatophytes into Two Monophyla: Gymnosperms (Including Gnetales) and Angiosperms
(1) A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physicochemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia, RU;(2) Institut fuer Genetik, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 7, D-38023 Braunschweig, Germany, DE
Abstract:
Partial sequences of the rpoC1 gene from two species of angiosperms and three species of gymnosperms (8330 base pairs) were determined and compared. The
data obtained support the hypothesis that angiosperms and gymnosperms are monophyletic and none of the recent groups of the
latter is sister to angiosperms.
Received: 20 November 1998 / Accepted: 26 April 1999