Proteins and Nucleic Acids in Plant Systematics

The continued rapid expansion of molecular biology, genetics, and macromolecular biochemistry has provided significant data for ana lyses, interpretations, and incorporation into plant phylogenetic re search and plant classification. These disciplines have produced techni ques and methods which enable the evolutionary biologists to obtain new and provocative information, especially about those substances which are coupled with the genetic material. In July, 1982 these im portant biochemical substances extracted from living plant organs, tis sues or cells were the subject of an International Symposium held at the University of Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany, entitled Proteins and Nucleic Acids in Plant Systematics. At this Symposium German scientists communicated with leading scientists from eleven other countries. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft generously supported this symposium and thus enabled the exchange of data, ideas, and new scientific proposals. This book contains 26 contribu tions delivered at the Symposium, which review the present status of Plant Macromolecular Systematics. The two editors acknowledge the effort of the Springer Verlag and their indispensable help with the preparation of this publication. Bayreuth, FRG and U. JENSEN and New Brunswick, NJ, USA D. E. FAIRBROTHERS November 1983 Contents Nucleic Acids Quantitative and Qualitative Differentiation ofNuclear DNA in Relation to Plant Systematics and Evolution F. EHRENDORFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Phylogenetic Significance of Nucleotide Sequence Analysis H. KÖSSEL, K. EDWARDS, E. FRITZSCHE, W. KOCH, and Zs. SCHWARZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Comparative Oligonucleotide Cataloguing of 18 S Ribosomal RNA in Phylogenetic Studies of Eukaryotes L. STÖCKLEIN, W. LUDWlG, K. H. SCHLEIFER, and E. STACKEBRANDT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nucleic Acids.- Quantitative and Qualitative Differentiation of Nuclear DNA in Relation to Plant Systematics and Evolution.- Phylogenetic Significance of Nucleotide Sequence Analysis.- Comparative Oligonucleotide Cataloguing of 18S Ribosomal RNA in Phylogenetic Studies of Eukaryotes.- Phylogenetic Information Derived from tRNA Sequence Data.- Proteins: Structural Properties.- From Genes to Proteins Genotypic and Phenotypic Analysis of DNA Sequences by Protein Sequencing.- Protein Characters and their Systematic Value.- Plant Protein Sequence Data Revisited.- Discrimination among Infraspecific Taxa using Electrophoretic Data.- Monoclonal Antibodies: Scope, and Limitations in Phylogenetic Studies.- Particular Proteins Contributing to Phylogeny and Taxonomy.- Phycobiliproteins and Phycobiliprotein Organization in the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Cyanobacteria, Red Algae, and Cryptophytes.- Phylogenetic Consideration of Ferredoxin Sequences in Plants, Particularly Algae.- Polypeptide Composition of Rubisco as an Aid in Studies of Plant Phylogeny.- Rubisco in the Brassicaceae.- Rubisco as a Taxonomic Tool in the Genus Erysimum (Brassicaceae).- Isozyme Number and Phylogeny.- Enzyme Profiles in the Genus Capsella.- Seed Storage Proteins.- Pollen Proteins.- Serological Protein Properties Contributing to Phylogeny and Taxonomy.- Analysis of Immunotaxonomic Data Obtained from Spur Identification and Absorption Techniques.- Serological Investigation of the Annoniflorae (Magnoliiflorae, Magnolidae).- Proteins, Mimicry, and Microevolution in Grasses.- Immunochemistry and Phylogeny of Selected Leguminosae Tribes.- Seed Protein Characters in the Study of Inter-and Intraspecific Relationships within the Phaseoleae (Fabaceae).- Serological Investigation of a Hybrid Swarm Population of Pinus sylvestris L. x Pinus mugo Tuna, and the Antigenic Differentiation of Pinus sylvestris L. in Sweden.- Preliminary Immuno-Electrophoretic Comparison of Selected Korean Quercus Species.- Serological Data and Current Plant Classifications.- The Importance of Modern Serological Research for Angiosperm Classification.- Symposium Statements and Conclusions.