Plant & Animal Genomes XVI Conference

January 12-16, 2008
Town & Country Convention Center
San Diego, CA

Comparative Nucleotide Sequence Analysis In Four Southern Pines From Subsection Australes

Tomasz E. Koralewski , Judy E. Brooks , Konstantin V. Krutovsky

  Department of Ecosystem Science & Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2138, USA

Adaptive trait and wood quality related genes were resequenced in four closely related Southern pines (genus Pinus, subsection Australes): loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), slash pine (P. elliottii), shortleaf pine (P. echinata), and longleaf pine (P. palustris). Their phylogenetic relationships were analyzed, and nucleotide sequences were studied for signatures of selection.