… Here, we present a hypothesis of divergence times for land plants, with special emphasis on
the timing of the origin of crown-clade angiosperms. To address the issues noted above, we …

… how to integrate fossils into the investigation of divergence times and the temporal evolution
of morphological traits. [Angiosperms; fossil flowers; phylogenetic uncertainty; RoguePlots.] …

… This contributes to already complex dynamics of gene family expansion and contraction
driven by functional divergence [4]. In Arabidopsis, 65% of genes are members of gene families […

… Based on the largest available angiosperm phylogenetic tree… change is associated with
species divergence. Our study now … imbalance observed in the angiosperm phylogeny, we found …

… or fragrance), (ii) divergence in which subset of floral … iii) divergence in where anthers and
stigmas contact the pollinator (without divergence in pollinator species), and/or (iv) divergence …

… species representing all major groups of angiosperms using entire 18S ribosomal DNA (…
the broad picture of angiosperm phylogeny. In all analyses, the first-branching angiosperms are …

… early divergence of the lineage that led to angiosperms, whereas morphology-only phylogenies
… change in our understanding of angiosperm phylogeny during the past 10 years. Many …

… Divergence times Ideally we would have studied divergence times within Piperaceae using
the phylogenetic history of the family in conjunction with multiple fossil calibration points. …

… We estimated divergence times for trees inferred from each locus and from the combined …
the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (54). We calculated the likelihoods of our phylogenetic …

… all angiosperms, the origin of and relationships among the major lineages of this clade have
remained largely unresolved. Phylogenetic … that soon after its origin, Pentapetalae diverged …