title: Molecular phylogenetic study of  Cardamine amaraeformis Nakai  using nuclear and chloroplast DNA markers.
abstract: The  internal transcribed spacer regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA, trnL and trnL-F  chloroplast genes of Cardamine amaraeformis Nakai (Brassicaceae) were  sequenced and analyzed with the sequences of related Cardamine sp  available in GenBank to detect the pattern of C. amaraeformis evolutionary  differentiation. C. amaraeformis, which is endemic to South Korea,  formed a clade with Cardamine pedata (69 bootstrap support) in all trees  resulting from combined sequence data analyses of internal transcribed spacer, trnL  and trnL-F genes. The phylogenetic analysis also clearly revealed that C.  amaraeformis is distinct from the morphologically similar Cardamine  scutata.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ajmalpdrc@gmail.com
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: F M A
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Al-Hemaid
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D031217:Cardamine / Q000235:genetics*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics*; D018742:DNA, Chloroplast / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D018742:DNA, Chloroplast; D005819:Genetic Markers