A multi-locus plastid phylogenetic analysis of the pantropical genus Diospyros (Ebenaceae), with an emphasis on the radiation and biogeographic origins of the New Caledonian endemic species

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 602-620

  Duangjai, Sutee ^a,b   Samuel, Rosabelle ^a   Munzinger, Jérôme ^c   Forest, Félix ^d   Wallnöfer, Bruno ^e   Barfuss, Michael H J ^a   Fischer, Gunter ^f   Chase, Mark W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diospyros; Ebenaceae; Endemicity; New Caledonia; Phylogenetic relationships; Plastid markers

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW CALEDONIA; PERSIMMON; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLASTID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DIOSPYROS; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DIOSPYROS; EBENACEAE;

EID: 67649967510     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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