Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Commiphora (Burseraceae) yields insight on the evolution and historical biogeography of an "impossible" genus

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-79

  Weeks, Andrea ^a   Simpson, Beryl B ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Boreotropical land bridge; Burseraceae; Commiphora; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BURSERACEAE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

AFRICA; BURSERACEAE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS;

BURSERA; BURSERACEAE; COMMIPHORA;

EID: 33750976679     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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