Phylogeny of the Cucurbitales based on DNA sequences of nine loci from three genomes: Implications for morphological and sexual system evolution

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-322

  Zhang, Li Bing ^a   Simmons, Mark P ^a   Kocyan, Alexander ^b   Renner, Susanne S ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androdioecy; Character evolution; Cucurbitaceae; Cucurbitales; Dioecy; Long branch attraction; Monoecy; Sexual systems

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BEGONIACEAE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CUCUMBER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; BEGONIACEAE; CELL NUCLEUS; CUCURBITACEAE; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANISOPHYLLEACEAE; BEGONIACEAE; CORIARIACEAE; CORYNOCARPACEAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; CUCURBITALES; DATISCA GLOMERATA; DATISCACEAE; FAGALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ROSIDS; TETRAMELACEAE;

EID: 33646024597     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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