Reticulate evolution, cryptic species, and character convergence in the core East Asian clade of Gaultheria (Ericaceae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 364-379

  Lu, Lu ^a   Fritsch, Peter W ^b   Cruz, Boni C ^b   Wang, Hong ^a   Li, De Zhu ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Ericaceae; Gaultheria; Gaultherieae; Reticulate evolution; Sino Himalaya

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAR EAST; GAULTHERIA; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAR EAST; GAULTHERIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ERICACEAE; GAULTHERIA; GAULTHERIEAE; LEUCOTHOIDES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77956226028     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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