Low-copy nuclear data confirm rampant allopolyploidy in the cystopteridaceae (Polypodiales)

Taxon

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1026-1036

  Rothfels, Carl J ^a,b,c   Johnson, Anne K ^c   Windham, Michael D ^c   Pryer, Kathleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplicon cloning; Cystopteris fragilis; Fern phylogeny; Gymnocarpium; Hybridization; Reticulate evolution; Species complex

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERN; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; TAXONOMY;

CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS; FILICALES; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOCARPIUM;

EID: 84908242638     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: 19968175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12705/635.32     Document Type: Article

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