Drsquo;Oliveira-Matielo CB Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Molecular Evolution,Molecular Identification,DNA Sequencing,Phytosociology,Molecular Ecology
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Drsquo;Oliveira-Matielo CB Núcleo de Ecologia Molecular e Micropropagação de Plantas, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus São Gabriel, São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, His Research Interest is "Genetic Diversity Molecular Evolution Molecular Identification DNA Sequencing Phytosociology Molecular Ecology Evolutionary Genetics Phylogenetics Chloroplast Chloroplast DNA"
Review Article Open Access
Author(s): Freitas AS, da Anunciação RR, D’Oliveira-Matielo CB and Stefenon VM
Chloroplasts are organelles with a specific DNA (cpDNA), which are responsible by the energetic metabolism in eukaryotic cells from plants and algae. Their key role is to perform the photosynthesis, when the cell converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into glucoses (=energy) and oxygen. Studies aiming to understand how chloroplast works are important to highlight details about plant evolution. The new approaches in molecular biology have raised the knowledge about the chloroplast genome characteristics and opened a wide range of possible applications for the increased background. In this review, we discuss the use of chloroplast DNA for plant phylogeny and traceability. Considering the increasing need for food safety, identification of gene flow from genetical... view more»