Molecular markers and concepts of plant evolutionary relationships: Progress, promise, and future prospects

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Soltis, Douglas E ^a   Moore, Michael J ^b   Burleigh, Gordon ^a   Soltis, Pamela S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular systematics; Phylogenomics; Phylogeny; Rapid radiation; Supermatrices

Indexed keywords

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EID: 65349173526     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680802665297     Document Type: Article

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