Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Petunia Juss. (Solanaceae).
Representatives from 11 Petunia Jussieu species in south and southeast Brazil were compared with two Calibrachoa La Llave & Lex., one Bouchetia Dunal, and two Nierembergia Ruiz & Pav. taxa in relation to DNA molecular variability. A total of 4532 base pairs related to one nuclear, five plastidial and one mitochondrial systems was investigated. Petunia and Calibrachoa, although separated among themselves, clearly differentiate from the two other genera. Despite the fact that the Petunia species do not show marked molecular differences, they can be separated in two complexes, in good agreement with altitude data. Petunia + Calibrachoa should have diverged from other clades at about 25 million years before present.
Kulcheski
Franceli R
FR
Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Muschner
Valéria C
VC
Lorenz-Lemke
Aline P
AP
Stehmann
João R
JR
Bonatto
Sandro L
SL
Salzano
Francisco M
FM
Freitas
Loreta B
LB
D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005819:Genetic Markers; D018745:Genome, Plant; D032306:Petunia / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny
D005819:Genetic Markers