The physiological condition of a seedling often determines its ability to survive when planted. However, physiological damage is difficult to determine from external measurement or observation, because a healthy looking seedling can be of poor quality (quality is defined as the ability of a seedling to survive when outplanted). Methods...
To help understand the mechanisms of conifer chloroplast genome evolution, we characterized the nucleotide sequences of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesiz) and
Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) chioroplast DNA that are associated with a length
mutation hotspot and inversion. The chloroplast DNA ofthese two conifers are
characterized by shared large inversions that are...