Evolution and biogeographic diversification of the witch-hazel genus (Hamamelis L., Hamamelidaceae) in the Northern Hemisphere

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 675-689

  Xie, Lei ^a,b   Yi, Ting Shuang ^a   Li, Rong ^a,c   Li, De Zhu ^a   Wen, Jun ^a,c  

^a Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

atpB rbcL; Biogeography; Disjunct distribution; ETS; Fossils; Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelis; ITS; matK; Phylogeny; psaA ycf3; psbA trnH; rps16; trnL F

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAR EAST; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAMAMELIDAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAR EAST; GEOGRAPHY; HAMAMELIDACEAE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HAMAMELIDACEAE; HAMAMELIDIDAE; HAMAMELIS; HAMAMELIS JAPONICA; HAMAMELIS MEXICANA; HAMAMELIS MOLLIS; HAMAMELIS VERNALIS; HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA; MYA;

EID: 77953322112     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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