Overcoming deep roots, fast rates, and short internodes to resolve the ancient rapid radiation of eupolypod II ferns

Systematic Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 490-509

  Rothfels, Carl J ^a   Larsson, Anders ^b   Kuo, Li Yaung ^c   Korall, Petra ^b   Chiou, Wen Liang ^d   Pryer, Kathleen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Moderate data; outgroup rooting; Phycas; phylogeny evaluation; rate heterogeneity; reduced consensus; star tree paradox; Woodsiaceae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; FERN; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE;

BAYES THEOREM; FERNS; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

DIPLAZIOPSIS; FILICOPHYTA; HOMALOSORUS; WOODSIA (FERN);

EID: 84860153545     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys001     Document Type: Article

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