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Fig. 6 | BMC Evolutionary Biology

Fig. 6

From: Alternative translation initiation codons for the plastid maturase MatK: unraveling the pseudogene misconception in the Orchidaceae

Fig. 6

Summarized phylogeny of Orchidaceae determined using matK nucleotide sequence alignment based on alternative initiation codon. The tree is rooted with members of the Asparagales monocot families Asteliaceae (Astelia alpina, Milligania stylosa), Blandfordiaceae (Blandfordia grandiflora), Boryaceae (Borya septentrionalis), Hypoxidaceae (Hypoxis hemerocallidea, Spiloxene serrate,), and Lanariaceae (Lanaria lanata). Asterisks indicate evolutionary lineages that utilize the consensus initiation codon for MatK expression. Lineages lacking asterisks utilize the alternative initiation codon. Relationships were constructed using the maximum likelihood method RAxML in the CIPRES portal (http://www.phylo.org) [70] applying the default settings and conducting 1000 replicates. Bootstrap values are noted on the nodes

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