Parallel loss of plastid introns and their maturase in the genus Cuscuta.
McNeal JR, Kuehl JV, Boore JL, Leebens-Mack J, dePamphilis CW.
McNeal JR, et al.
PLoS One. 2009 Jun 19;4(6):e5982. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005982.
PLoS One. 2009.
PMID: 19543388
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This gene is missing from the plastid genomes of two species in the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta but is found in all other published land plant and streptophyte algal plastid genomes, including that of the nonphotosynthetic angiosperm Epifagus virginiana and two ot …
This gene is missing from the plastid genomes of two species in the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta but is found in all other published land p …