Inheritance and restriction fragment length polymorphism of chloroplast DNA in the genus Coffea L. /Lashermes, Philippe /Cros, Joëlle /Combes, Marie-Christine /Trouslot, Pierre /Anthony, François /Hamon, Serge /Charrier, André RESSOURCES GENETIQUES ADN VARIABILITE GENETIQUE DIVERSITE SPECIFIQUE PLASTE RFLP.RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM CpDNA variation among 52 tree samples belonging to 25 different taxa of Coffea and two species of Psilanthus was assessed by RFLP analysis on both the total chloroplast genome and the atpB-rbcL intergenic region. Twelve variable characters were distinguished allowing the identification of 12 different plastomes. The low sequence divergence observed might suggest that Coffea is a young genus. The results were in contradiction with the present classification into two genera. Additionally, cpDNA inheritance was studied in interspecific hybrids between C. arabica and C. canephora, and in an intraspecific progeny of C. canephora, using PCR-based markers. Both studies showed exclusively maternal inheritance of cpDNA. (Résumé d'auteur) 1996 text https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010007032 fdi:010007032 Lashermes Philippe, Cros Joëlle, Combes Marie-Christine, Trouslot Pierre, Anthony François, Hamon Serge, Charrier André. Inheritance and restriction fragment length polymorphism of chloroplast DNA in the genus Coffea L.. 1996, 93 (4), 626-632 EN