Evolutionary bursts in Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) are linked with photosynthetic pathway

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3485-3504

  Horn, James W ^a   Xi, Zhenxiang ^b   Riina, Ricarda ^c,d   Peirson, Jess A ^c   Yang, Ya ^c   Dorsey, Brian L ^c,e   Berry, Paul E ^c   Davis, Charles C ^b   Wurdack, Kenneth J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e Huntington Botanical Gardens   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral state reconstruction; C4 photosynthesis; CAM photosynthesis; Climate change; Diversification; Miocene; Species selection; Succulent

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

CLASSIFICATION; EUPHORBIA; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUPHORBIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84914146131     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12534     Document Type: Article

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