A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Arundinoideae (Poaceae)

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dc.contributor.advisorLinder, H Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorHarley, Eric Hen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBarker, Nigel Paulen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-04T16:52:04Z
dc.date.available2016-03-04T16:52:04Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe subfamily Arundinoideae has long been considered to be an unnatural assemblage of genera, the relationships of which are obscure or unknown. Because morphological and anatomical data have, to date, been unable to elucidate relationships among these genera, sequence data from two chloroplast genes are used to elucidate relationships among 33 arundinoid genera. Sequence data from the variable, grass-specific insert in the rpoC2 gene is used to determine the relationships among 73 grass species from all currently recognised subfamilies. Phylogenetic analysis of this sequence data required the development of specialised alignment techniques based on testing assumptions of positional homology. Results of the analyses based on these alignments suggest that the Arundinoideae is divisible into four lineages, corresponding approximately to the tribes Danthonieae, Arundineae, Aristideae and Thysanolaeneae. Several arundinoid representatives are placed in other subfamilies. The rpoC2 sequence data was too variable to elucidate relationships at the tribal and subfamilial level. For this purpose, sequence data of the highly conserved rbcL gene was obtained from 22 taxa selected from the lineages identified by the rpoC2 study. Phylogenetic analysis of a total of 36 sequences resolved some of the relationships of the major clades, but other relationships were poorly supported. In an attempt to improve the resolution of these major clades, the rpoC2 and rbcL data sets were combined with restriction site data. These three data sets were analysed in a variety of combinations using both data combination and tree consensus methods to assess support of the phylogenetic relationships. Despite this, the resolution of the relationships among the Arundineae, Danthonieae, Aristideae and Chloridoideae was not resolved with any finality, although a (Arundineae (Danthonieae (Aristideae, Chloridoideae))) relationship is proposed as being most likely. The molecular phylogeny implies that eight grass subfamilies should be recognised. Two of these, the Danthonioideae and Aristidoideae, are new and the Arundinoideae is redelimited. Furthermore, new tribes in the subfamilies Centothecoideae (Thysanolaeneae) and Chloridoideae (Centropodieae) are proposed to accommodate lineages and taxa misplaced in the subfamily Arudinoideae as previously delimited.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBarker, N. P. (1995). <i>A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Arundinoideae (Poaceae)</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17509en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBarker, Nigel Paul. <i>"A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Arundinoideae (Poaceae)."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17509en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBarker, N. 1995. A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Arundinoideae (Poaceae). University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Barker, Nigel Paul AB - The subfamily Arundinoideae has long been considered to be an unnatural assemblage of genera, the relationships of which are obscure or unknown. Because morphological and anatomical data have, to date, been unable to elucidate relationships among these genera, sequence data from two chloroplast genes are used to elucidate relationships among 33 arundinoid genera. Sequence data from the variable, grass-specific insert in the rpoC2 gene is used to determine the relationships among 73 grass species from all currently recognised subfamilies. Phylogenetic analysis of this sequence data required the development of specialised alignment techniques based on testing assumptions of positional homology. Results of the analyses based on these alignments suggest that the Arundinoideae is divisible into four lineages, corresponding approximately to the tribes Danthonieae, Arundineae, Aristideae and Thysanolaeneae. Several arundinoid representatives are placed in other subfamilies. The rpoC2 sequence data was too variable to elucidate relationships at the tribal and subfamilial level. For this purpose, sequence data of the highly conserved rbcL gene was obtained from 22 taxa selected from the lineages identified by the rpoC2 study. Phylogenetic analysis of a total of 36 sequences resolved some of the relationships of the major clades, but other relationships were poorly supported. In an attempt to improve the resolution of these major clades, the rpoC2 and rbcL data sets were combined with restriction site data. These three data sets were analysed in a variety of combinations using both data combination and tree consensus methods to assess support of the phylogenetic relationships. Despite this, the resolution of the relationships among the Arundineae, Danthonieae, Aristideae and Chloridoideae was not resolved with any finality, although a (Arundineae (Danthonieae (Aristideae, Chloridoideae))) relationship is proposed as being most likely. The molecular phylogeny implies that eight grass subfamilies should be recognised. Two of these, the Danthonioideae and Aristidoideae, are new and the Arundinoideae is redelimited. Furthermore, new tribes in the subfamilies Centothecoideae (Thysanolaeneae) and Chloridoideae (Centropodieae) are proposed to accommodate lineages and taxa misplaced in the subfamily Arudinoideae as previously delimited. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Arundinoideae (Poaceae) TI - A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Arundinoideae (Poaceae) UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17509 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17509
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBarker NP. A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Arundinoideae (Poaceae). [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17509en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherBotanyen_ZA
dc.titleA molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Arundinoideae (Poaceae)en_ZA
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