Molecular Systematics of Indian Salacia based on ITS Sequences of nrDNA
- Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany, Sree Narayana College, Kollam, Kerala.
- Department of Botany, Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
- Department of Botany, Sree Krishna College, Guruvayoor, Kerala.
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Abstract
The nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was characterized in eight species of Salacia L. from Kerala, South India employing ITS 1 and ITS 2 primers. The divergence of the New World group of Salacia might imply the necessity of a separate generic status. Specific delimitations between the GenBank accessions and the Indian sampling of Salacia chinensis were ambiguous. Resolution inside the Indian clade of Salacia was not strong and the morphological species demarcation did not corroborate with the ITS phylogeny.
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Devipriya MS, Devipriya V, Udayan PS, Regy Yohannan (2015); Molecular Systematics of Indian Salacia based on ITS Sequences of nrDNA, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 3 (07), 1513-1521, ISSN 2320-5407.
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