Plant Molecular Systematics

This book highlights the efficacy of molecular data in inferring phylogeny. References throughout the book illuminate the taxonomic terminology and literature. The book includes a range of topics beginning from gene to phylogenomics and provides an up-to-date information about plant molecular systematics.

Introduction. Nucleic Acids: DNA. Gene and Genomes. Molecular Markers: Chloroplast Genome. Molecular Markers: Nuclear Genome. Molecular Markers: Mitochondrial Genome. Molecular Markers: Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs). Molecular Markers: Retrotransposons. Isolation of DNA. Polymerase Chain Reaction. Genome/ DNA Sequencing. Next Generation Sequencing. Whole Genome Sequencing. Sequence Alignment. Phylogenetic Trees. Phylogenetic Tree Reconstruction Methods. DNA Barcoding. Molecular Cytogenetics.