Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples

G Lear, I Dickie, J Banks, S Boyer, HL Buckley… - New Zealand Journal of …, 2018 - JSTOR
Advances in the sequencing of DNA extracted from media such as soil and water offer huge
opportunities for biodiversity monitoring and assessment, particularly where the collection or …

The separation of generations: biology and biogeography of long-lived sporophyteless fern gametophytes

JB Pinson, SM Chambers, JH Nitta… - … Journal of Plant …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Premise of research. Ferns (monilophytes) and lycophytes are unique among land plants in
having two independent life stages: the gametophyte generation, which is generally small …

Identifying cryptic fern gametophytes using DNA barcoding: A review

JH Nitta, SM Chambers - Applications in Plant Sciences, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ferns and lycophytes are unique among land plants in having sporophyte (diploid) and
gametophyte (haploid) generations that can grow independently of each other. While most …

Testing DNA barcodes in closely related species of Curcuma (Zingiberaceae) from Myanmar and China

J Chen, J Zhao, DL Erickson, N Xia… - Molecular ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Curcuma L. is commonly used as spices, medicines, dyes and ornamentals.
Owing to its economic significance and lack of clear‐cut morphological differences between …

Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of the Chloroplast Genome of Angelica polymorpha and the Development of a Novel Indel Marker for Species Identification

I Park, S Yang, WJ Kim, JH Song, HS Lee, HO Lee… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
The genus Angelica (Apiaceae) comprises valuable herbal medicines. In this study, we
determined the complete chloroplast (CP) genome sequence of A. polymorpha and …

[HTML][HTML] Dissection for floral micromorphology and plastid genome of valuable medicinal borages Arnebia and Lithospermum (Boraginaceae)

I Park, S Yang, JH Song, BC Moon - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The genera Arnebia and Lithospermum (Lithospermeae-Boraginaceae) comprise 25–30
and 50–60 species, respectively. Some of them are economically valuable, as their roots …

Life cycle matters: DNA barcoding reveals contrasting community structure between fern sporophytes and gametophytes

JH Nitta, JY Meyer, R Taputuarai… - Ecological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ferns are the only major lineage of vascular plants that have nutritionally independent
sporophyte (diploid) and gametophyte (haploid) life stages. However, the implications of this …

DNA Barcoding of Rhodiola (Crassulaceae): A Case Study on a Group of Recently Diversified Medicinal Plants from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

JQ Zhang, SY Meng, J Wen, GY Rao - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
DNA barcoding, the identification of species using one or a few short standardized DNA
sequences, is an important complement to traditional taxonomy. However, there are …

Integrating tissue‐direct PCR into genetic identification: An upgraded molecular ecology approach to survey fern gametophytes in the field

YH Wu, YT Ke, YY Chan, GJ Wang… - Applications in Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Premise The gametophytes of different fern species collected in the field can be difficult to
distinguish because of their morphological similarities. Nonetheless, emerging molecular …

A revised generic classification of vittarioid ferns (Pteridaceae) based on molecular, micromorphological, and geographic data

E Schuettpelz, CW Chen, M Kessler, JB Pinson… - Taxon, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Vittarioid ferns compose a well‐supported clade of 100–130 species of highly simplified
epiphytes in the family Pteridaceae. Generic circumscriptions within the vittarioid clade were …