Evolution of organellar genes of chlorophyte algae: Relevance to phylogenetic inference.

ABSTRACT: Protein-coding genes in organellar genomes have been widely used to resolve relationships of chlorophyte algae. The mode of evolution of these protein-coding genes affects relationship estimations, yet selection effects on genes commonly used as markers in phylogenetic analyses are insufficiently well understood. To gain more understanding about the effects of green algal organelle protein-coding genes on phylogenies, more information is needed about the mode of gene evolution. We used phylogenetic frameworks to examine evolutionary relationships of 58 protein-coding genes present in the organellar genomes of chlorophyte and streptophyte algae at multiple levels: organelle, biological function, and individual gene, and calculated pairwise dN/dS ratios of algal organellar protein-coding gen

SUBMITTER: Mekvipad N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502327 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature