title: Potential phylogenetic utility of the low-copy nuclear gene pistillata in dicotyledonous plants: comparison to nrDNA ITS and trnL intron in Sphaerocardamum and other Brassicaceae.
abstract: We report the potential phylogenetic utility of DNA sequence data from the last 700 bp of a ca. 1-kb intron of the MADS-box gene pistillata from a sampling of Sphaerocardamum species and other Brassicaceae. These results are compared with nrDNA ITS and the chloroplast trnL intron for the same taxa to demonstrate the potential phylogenetic utility of this pistillata intron and to identify potential historically independent sequences for an ongoing study of relationships within Sphaerocardamum. Analyses of the DNA sequence data for Brassicaceae indicated that pairwise divergences and potentially informative characters were higher in the pistillata intron (0.6-30.8%, 284 characters) and ITS (0-24%, 94 characters) than in the chloroplast trnL intron (0-4.2%, 17 characters). A comparison of Sphaerocardamum sequences identified low divergences and numbers of informative characters for trnL intron (0-2.4%, 1 character) and nrDNA ITS (0-2.5%, 2 characters) and substantially more variation among the pistillata sequences (0.15-3.7%, 19 characters). Phylogenetic analyses of these pistillata sequences fully resolve ingroup relationships without character conflict. Results of pistillata PCR amplifications from a broader dicot sample showed that some primers may be useful in amplifying orthologous pistillata sequences. Ultimately this pistillata intron may be a valuable source of phylogenetic characters at lower taxonomic levels.
authors.affiliation: L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, 462 Mann Library, Ithaca, New York 14853-4301, USA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Doyle
mesh_terms: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D019607:Brassicaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007438:Introns; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D018744:DNA, Plant; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; C090225:PISTILLATA protein, Arabidopsis; D010940:Plant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors