Table 4

tRNA genes in fern rbcL-accD intergenic spacer sequencesa

Orderb

Family

Number of sequences

tRNA genec


Cyatheales (tree ferns)

Cyatheaceae

140

trnR-UCG

Dicksoniaceae

6

trnR-UCG

Lophosoriaceae

1

trnR-UCG

Hymenophyllopsidaceae

1

trnR-UCG

Gleicheniales

Dipteridaceae

1

trnR-CCG

Gleicheniaceae

2

trnR-CCG

Hymenophyllales

Hymenophyllaceae

84

trnR-CCG

Osmundales

Osmundaceae

18

trnR-CCG

Marattiales

Marattiaceae

1

trnR-CCG

Psilotales

Psilotaceae

1

trnR-CCG

Ophioglossales

Ophioglossaceae

1

trnR-CCG


a All sequence data were obtained from GenBank at March 30, 2009;

b Group names at ordinal level follow Smith et al. [7];

c tRNA genes were identified by using ARAGORN v1.2 http://130.235.46.10/ARAGORN/ webcite[22]

Gao et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:130   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-130

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