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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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2003

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Nuclear Ribosomal Its Region Sequences For Differentiation Of Rubus Genotypes, Eric T. Stafne, John R. Clark, Allen L. Szalanski Jan 2003

Nuclear Ribosomal Its Region Sequences For Differentiation Of Rubus Genotypes, Eric T. Stafne, John R. Clark, Allen L. Szalanski

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Previous molecular investigations into Rubus species diversity have yielded significant knowledge about species relatedness. However, little work has been focused at the cultivar level. Random amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD)-PCR studies have successfully differentiated closely related cultivars. The ability to definitively distinguish blackberry and red raspberry cultivars based on other molecular methods could prove useful in many aspects of breeding and proprietary protection. In this study, the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) of six Rubus cultivars were sequenced. DNA sequencing revealed little genetic variation among blackberry cultivars, but revealed distinctions between blackberry and red raspberry cultivars. Analysis by maximum-parsimony …


On The Rare Endemic Hydrophyllum Brownei Kral & Bates (Browne's Waterleaf): New Population Information And A Recommendation For Change In Status, Travis D. Marsico Jan 2003

On The Rare Endemic Hydrophyllum Brownei Kral & Bates (Browne's Waterleaf): New Population Information And A Recommendation For Change In Status, Travis D. Marsico

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Hydrophyllum brownei Krai & Bates (Browne's waterleaf), newly described in 1991, is endemic to the Ouachita Mountain Natural Division of Arkansas. For the purpose of better understanding population parameters within which H. brownei grows, ranges of shade values, population extents, and population distance relationships to streams were measured. Hydrophyllum brownei grows in extremely high shade, in populations of widely varying sizes, and always in association with a stream system. In order to list species associated with H. brownei, vouchers of species assemblages were collected at the H. brownei sites visited. The species is designated as critically imperiled globally because of …