New insights into the evolutionary history of Gnetum (Gnetales)

Taxon

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-253

  Hou, Chen ^a   Humphreys, Aelys M ^a,b   Thureborn, Olle ^a   Rydin, Catarina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Birth death prior; Classification; Node ages; Phylogeny; Yule prior

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CHLOROPLAST; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; GYMNOSPERM; PALEOGENE; PHYLOGENY;

FAR EAST; SOUTH AMERICA;

GNETACEAE; GNETALES; GNETUM; GYMNOSPERMAE; SPERMATOPHYTA; WELWITSCHIA;

EID: 84930471982     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: 19968175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12705/642.12     Document Type: Article

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