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Molecular evolution of rbcL in three gymnosperm families: identifying adaptive and coevolutionary patterns

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Title
Molecular evolution of rbcL in three gymnosperm families: identifying adaptive and coevolutionary patterns
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Biology Direct, June 2011
DOI 10.1186/1745-6150-6-29
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Lin Sen, Mario A Fares, Bo Liang, Lei Gao, Bo Wang, Ting Wang, Ying-Juan Su

Abstract

The chloroplast-localized ribulose-1, 5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco), the primary enzyme responsible for autotrophy, is instrumental in the continual adaptation of plants to variations in the concentrations of CO2. The large subunit (LSU) of Rubisco is encoded by the chloroplast rbcL gene. Although adaptive processes have been previously identified at this gene, characterizing the relationships between the mutational dynamics at the protein level may yield clues on the biological meaning of such adaptive processes. The role of such coevolutionary dynamics in the continual fine-tuning of RbcL remains obscure.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 4%
Germany 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Philippines 1 <1%
Unknown 97 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 20%
Researcher 17 16%
Student > Bachelor 16 15%
Student > Postgraduate 9 8%
Student > Master 8 7%
Other 18 17%
Unknown 18 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 54 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 20 19%
Environmental Science 3 3%
Social Sciences 2 2%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 2%
Other 4 4%
Unknown 22 21%