A three-genome phylogeny of Momordica (Cucurbitaceae) suggests seven returns from dioecy to monoecy and recent long-distance dispersal to Asia

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 553-560

  Schaefer, Hanno ^a   Renner, Susanne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancestral state reconstruction; Dioecy; Leafy; Molecular clock; Monoecy; Sexual system transitions

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOMORDICA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOMORDICA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 73149112829     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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