Resolving and dating the phylogeny of Cornales - Effects of taxon sampling, data partitions, and fossil calibrations

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-138

  Jenny Xiang, Qiu Yun ^a   Thomas, David T ^a,c   Xiang, Qiao Ping ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c Johnston Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

26S rDNA; AtpB; Cornales; Divergence time; Effects of data partitions and taxa sampling; Fossil calibration; Hydrostachyaceae; MatK; NdhF; Phylogeny relationships; RbcL; TrnH K; TrnL F

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; CORNACEAE; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPLASTS; CORNACEAE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOSSILS; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASTERIDS; CORNACEAE; CORNALES; CURTISIACEAE; DAVIDIACEAE; GRUBBIACEAE; HYDRANGEACEAE; HYDROSTACHYACEAE; LOASACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYSSACEAE;

EID: 79952735446     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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