Cryptmeria japonica Chloroplast DNA Publications
1) Hirao, T., A. Watanabe, N. Miyamoto & K. Takata. 2008. Development
and characterization of chloroplast microsatellite markers for Cryptomeria
japonica D. Don. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 122-124.
2) Hirao, T., A. Watanabe, M. Kurita, T. Kondo & K. Takata. 2008. Complete
nucleotide sequence of the Cryptomeria japonica D. Don. chloroplast genome
and comparative chloroplast genomics: diversified genomic structure of
coniferous species. BMC Plant Biology 8: 70.
3) Hirao, T., A. Watanabe, M. Kurita, T. Kondo & K. Takata. 2009. A
frameshift mutation of the chloroplast matK coding region is associated
with chlorophyll deficiency in the Cryptomeria japonica virescent mutant
Wogon-Sugi. Current Genetics 55: 311-321.
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