East Tennessee State University
Using the psba Gene as a Measure in Determining the Phylogenetic Relationship among Bryophytes.
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The evolution of land plants, particularly the origin of land plants, had long been an issue of concern to biologists. Bryophytes were widely accepted as the first land plants to have emerged during the evolution of land plants (Kenrick 1997, Mishler 1994). But, the phylogeny of the groups within the bryophytes remained debatable. There were currently two popular but conflicting ideas: the liverworts-basal topology (LBT) and the hornworts-basal topology (HBT). This psbA gene study provided additional information to help resolve the debate. <em>Bazzania</em>, <em>Blasia</em>, <em>Megaceros</em>, and <em>Sphagnum</em> psbA gene sequences were generated from this research. The other 24 sequences were obtained from GenBank. The UPGMA, Neighbor-Joining, and Maximum Parsimony trees generated by molecular evolutionary genetic analysis (MEGA) supported the liverworts-basal topology.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- MS (Master of Science)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis - restricted
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Biology
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2002
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Crowe, Celeste T
Subjects
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- Copyright by the authors.
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/679
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-1836