Evolution of rosaceae fruit types based on nuclear phylogeny in the context of geological times and genome duplication

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 262-281

  Xiang, Yezi ^a   Huang, Chien Hsun ^a   Hu, Yi ^b   Wen, Jun ^c   Li, Shisheng ^d   Yi, Tingshuang ^e   Chen, Hongyi ^d   Xiang, Jun ^d   Ma, Hong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d HUANGGANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Fruit evolution; Genome duplication; Molecular clock; Nuclear phylogeny; Rosaceae

Indexed keywords

APPLE; ARTICLE; BLACKBERRY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PEACH; PLESIOMORPHY; RASPBERRY; CHEMICAL DATABASE; EVOLUTION; FRUIT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MALUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED; ROSACEAE;

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DATABASES, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRUIT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; MALUS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; ROSACEAE; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85016806218     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw242     Document Type: Article

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