Turning the crown upside down: Gene tree parsimony roots the eukaryotic tree of life

Systematic Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 653-660

  Katz, Laura A ^a,b   Grant, Jessica R ^a   Parfrey, Laura Wegener ^a,b,c   Burleigh, J Gordon ^d  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eukaryotes; gene tree; molecular systematics; species tree reconciliation; tree of life

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP;

EID: 84862884930     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys026     Document Type: Article

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