Proteins and Nucleic Acids in Plant Systematics

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Quantitative and Qualitative Differentiation of Nuclear DNA in Relation to Plant Systematics and Evolution....Pages 3-35
Phylogenetic Significance of Nucleotide Sequence Analysis....Pages 36-57
Comparative Oligonucleotide Cataloguing of 18S Ribosomal RNA in Phylogenetic Studies of Eukaryotes....Pages 58-62
Phylogenetic Information Derived from tRNA Sequence Data....Pages 63-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
From Genes to Proteins: Genotypic and Phenotypic Analysis of DNA Sequences by Protein Sequencing....Pages 85-104
Protein Characters and their Systematic Value....Pages 105-118
Plant Protein Sequence Data Revisited....Pages 119-123
Discrimination among Infraspecific Taxa using Electrophoretic Data....Pages 124-128
Monoclonal Antibodies: Scope and Limitations in Phylogenetic Studies....Pages 129-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Phycobiliproteins and Phycobiliprotein Organization in the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Cyanobacteria, Red Algae, and Cryptophytes....Pages 143-167
Phylogenetic Consideration of Ferredoxin Sequences in Plants, Particularly Algae....Pages 168-181
Polypeptide Composition of Rubisco as an Aid in Studies of Plant Phylogeny....Pages 182-190
Rubisco in the Brassicaceae....Pages 191-204
Rubisco as a Taxonomic Tool in the Genus Erysimum (Brassicaceae)....Pages 205-208
Isozyme Number and Phylogeny....Pages 209-221
Enzyme Profiles in the Genus Capsella ....Pages 222-237
Seed Storage Proteins....Pages 238-254
Pollen Proteins....Pages 255-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Analysis of Immunotaxonomic Data Obtained from Spur Identification and Absorption Techniques....Pages 275-300
Serological Investigation of the Annoniflorae (Magnoliiflorae, Magnoliidae)....Pages 301-310
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Proteins, Mimicry and Microevolution in Grasses....Pages 311-323
Immunochemistry and Phylogeny of Selected Leguminosae Tribes....Pages 324-340
Seed Protein Characters in the Study of Inter- and Intraspecific Relationships within the Phaseoleae (Fabaceae)....Pages 341-351
Serological Investigation of a Hybrid Swarm Population of Pinus sylvestris L. x Pinus mugo Turra, and the Antigenic Differentiation of Pinus sylvestris L. in Sweden....Pages 352-361
Preliminary Immuno-Electrophoretic Comparison of Selected Korean Quercus Species....Pages 362-368
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
The Importance of Modern Serological Research for Angiosperm Classification....Pages 371-394
Symposium Statements and Conclusions....Pages 395-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-408